Manuscript documents and letters, illustrating the daily life and responsibilities of sea captains in the 18th and early 19th centuries. The collection includes documents relating to Captain Robert Poultney in Jamaica and letters on personal and naval matters addressed to Captain John Wainwright. Also included are descriptions of coastal areas and navigation hazzards, documents relating to obtaining supplies, a ship's newsletter, and a colored map ("Rochfort et les Environs").
Description:
Robert Poultney was the captain of the ship Loretta in Jamaica in 1762-1764., John Wainwright of the Royal Navy served in the East Indies and the Mediterranean, fought throughout the Napoleonic Wars, and is remembered for the destruction of the pirate town Ras-al-Kayma while captain of the ship Chiffonne., and In English, with one letter in French.
Subject (Geographic):
Mediterranean Region and Brittany (France)
Subject (Name):
Poultney, Robert., Wainwright, John, Captain., Chiffonne (Ship), Great Britain. Royal Navy, and Loretta (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Officers, Sea life, Aids to navigation, Coasts, Navigation, Seafaring life, Ship captains, and Description and travel
The mast slants across the deisgn backed by a sail bellying in the wind. W.B. [i.e. William Blockhead] sits miserably with closed eyes astride a spar, to which he has tied his right thigh. His right arm encircles the mast, and to his wrist is tied an open book: Wilt thou upon [the] high & giddy mast scale the ship[?] bays. O yes & rock his brain. Below is a dialogue between the Lleutenant and Blockhead
Alternative Title:
Enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time
Description:
Title from text above image., Print singed using Frederick Marryat's device: an anchor slanted diagonally., Artist identified in British Museum catalogue., Two columns of dialogue below image: Dialogue - Lieut. - Pray Mr. B. Did you call the master? B. no sir I thought ..., Plate numbered in upper right corner: P. 4., and For reissue by Thomas McClean in 1835, see no. 14093 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Navy, Sea life, Reading, Sailors, British, and Ships
