The cabin boy [graphic].

Description

Title: The cabin boy [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [8 June 1807]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 8, 1807 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Abstract: "Heading to engraved verses. A theatrical cabin-boy of feminine appearance, wearing a striped shirt and dark trousers, sings with his back to the sea, and within a few inches of the breakers. On the right are pasteboard rocks. A small boat is sinking, and a castle is lit by a flash of lightning.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Plate numbered '468' in lower left corner.
From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls.
Two lines of text above design: As sung (with unbounded applause) by Master Smalley in the popular pantomime of 'Mother Goose, or, the Golden Egg' already perform'd 87 times this season at the Theate. Royl. Cont. Gardn.
Eight lines of verse with repeated line beginning refrain arranged in two columns below title: The sea was rough, the clouds were dark; Far distant every joy, When forc'd by fortune to embark, I went a cabin boy. I went &c. My purse soon fill'd with frenchmen's gold, I hasten'd back with joy, When wreck'd in sight of port, behold The helpless Cabin Boy. I went &c.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xiii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 277 x 224 mm, on sheet 30 x 24 cm
Language: English

Genre: Songs
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Material: etching and engraving with stipple ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Boys
Sailors
British
Singing
Theatrical productions
Subjects: Boys
Sailors > British
Singing
Theatrical productions
England > 1807
England > London > 1807

Access: Public
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