"A boy officer in cabin sitting by a bowl of punch and smoking, with servant."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Modern commander
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date based on Carington Bowles's separation of his own business from his father's. Cf. I. Maxted. London book trades., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of verse below title: From Mid: to Lieutenant, bluff, quickly doth rise ..., Companion print to: The military nurse, or Modern officer., Copy of a print of the same title published in 1750. Cf. No. 3089 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Mounted to 29 x 21 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Name):
Warren, Peter, Sir, 1703-1752
Subject (Topic):
Promotions, Cannons, Military uniforms, British, and Ships
A group of four scholarly-looking gentlemen is engrossed in discussion over the meaning of an inscription carved on a very large stone to their right. One of them is pointing to the inscription, another is trasncribing it into his notebook. All bear on their faces an expression of puzzled effort
Description:
Title from item., Originally published in 1756 by Thomas Bowles and John Bowles & Son., Three lines of dedication below title: To the penetrating genius's of Oxford, Cambridge, Eaton [sic], Westminster, and the learned Society of Antiquarians. This curious inscription is humbly dedicated., Below the plate mark is printed another plate, 6.5 x 15 cm., engraved wtih 5 lines of text: The inscription on the stone, without having regard to the stops, capital letters, or division of the words easily reads as follows ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Epitaphs.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
