"Jolly young sailors drink, seated on gun-carriages, &c., the guns projecting through port-holes. One smokes, standing by a powder-barrel. The six verses celebrate the First of June, Cape St. Vincent, Camperdown, 'The Great deeds of Nelson', referring to his death."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption above verses engraved on second plate. Imprint and image on plate above. Both plates contribute to one coherent design., Attribution engraved above design: The music publish'd by Bland & Weller, 23 Oxford Street., Six numbered stanzas of verse below title: Some folks sing of the island, and quaver on dry land ..., Upper plate with design is numbered '398' in lower left corner., Number 398 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides, partially trimmed series number.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 22, 1805, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
