Poll, the widow of William, stands at her cottage door in a village near the sea, a ship in full-sail in the distance, as Jack delivers the sad news of the death of her husband. In the verses engraved below recount the "jovial" life of a sailor to the refrain of "In every mess I finds a friend, in every port a wife."
Description:
Title engraved below image., Numbered '301' in lower left below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Five columns of verse below title: Bold Jack the sailor, here I come, pray how d'ye like my nib ...
Publisher:
Publish'd 17th June 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London