"A gaily-dressed young woman sculling a naval officer who sits in the stern, holding his cane in the water and looking through a single eye-glass at a swan accompanied by a cygnet. A King Charles dog puts its paws on the edge of the boat and looks at the swan. The admiral is in naval uniform with a pigtail queue. The lady wears a feathered hat tilted forward on her high-dressed hair and a low-cut bodice; on the stern of the boat is a design of a cupid riding on a dolphin. The water winds among lawns, trees, and bushes. In the middle distance two ladies are fishing; one holds a rod over the water, the other, seated beside her, holds up a fish."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Admiral Purblind just run a-ground by Peggy Pullaway
Description:
Title from item. and Publication date erased from plate. Date conjectured from another, smaller version. See no. 5819 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs
