A rhymed rebus, purporting to be a letter from a sailor to his girl, describing his adventures in a terrible storm at sea
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The following words in the title are represented by an image: sailor by an image of a sailor, ship by an image of a ship, to by a toe, 'heart' in 'sweetheart' by a heart., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: horn with monogram JM below.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Correspondence, Hieroglyphics, and Military uniforms