A British seaman! A heart of oak! one of the brave tars who fought for, and protected this happy isle / [graphic]

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Title: A British seaman! A heart of oak! one of the brave tars who fought for, and protected this happy isle / [graphic]
Alternative Title: Heart of oak!
One of the brave tars who fought for, and protected this happy isle
Creator: Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, former attribution.
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 November 1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. 15 Novr., 1801 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Abstract: A sailor in oval within square frame, half-length turning to look at the viewer over his left shoulder
Description: Title etched below image.
I.M. initials of Isaac Mills.
Two lines of verse in two columns below title: God and a seaman all do adore in time of war and oft before. Now war is o'er and all things righted remember Jack's worth don't see him slighted.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 20 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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