"A sailor on shore, holding a bottle, with a well-dressed young prostitute on each arm, the one on his [left] arm carries a cauliflower while the other holds up her dress; a boat moored against the quay in the [left] foreground, ships at sea and a fortification in the [left] background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print engraved after the same painting
Description:
Title from text below image., Date inferred from that of another print after the same painting, published by C. Knight in 1794, showing the identical scene in reverse. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1881,0409.25., and Companion print to: Scarcity in India.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Social life and customs, Courtesans, British, and Piers & wharves
Boatman on riverbank with bridge and buildings behind being greeted by sailor and city gent and "A Thames waterman who thought himself betrayed by his wife and friend is reunited with both, who take his hands, the woman on the left in man's dress, having looked for him throughout the world; on a wharf with oars propped against the walls of a house to left, a boat moored nearby and a bridge in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title engraved below image., Four columns of verse below title: I was the pride of all the Thames ..., Numbered '295' beneath lower left corner of image., and Print was reissued by Laurie & Whittle in 1794; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1120.
Publisher:
Published 10th May 1793 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), England, Thames River., Great Britain., and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Boaters (Persons), Sailors, Men's clothing, Friends, and Bridges
