"Two burly fierce-looking sailors drink together; each sits on an inverted tub, smoking a pipe, a paper of tobacco on the plain round table between them. One (l.) says: "Why Jack! you was so long in a French Prison, I suppose you larnt to patter their Lingo a little." The other answers: "No Bob, I never some how fancied it they call things out of their names so d----nably, - why would you believe it, they call a Horse a Shovel, and a Hat a Chopper!!!""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Jack Junk's opinion of the French language
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from watermark., and Watermark: C Ansell 1822.
