print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1859,0316.939
Description: Two scenes; the first; a sailor giving the wife of his messmate his last shilling, her child at her side, buildings beyond, a vignette of a gentleman seated at a table in a bare room below; the second; a sailor staring amorously at a pretty girl selling watercress from a basket, buildings beyond, a vignette of the sailor and the girl dancing in the street coming out of a tavern below; illustration to Dibdin's "Songs Naval and National" (1841) Etching
Producer name: Print made by: George Cruikshank; Published by: John Murray
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Production date: 1841
Production place: Published in: London (England)
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Dimensions: Height: 177 millimetres; Width: 221 millimetres
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Bibliographic references: Reid 1871 / A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank (2140); Cohn 1924 / George Cruikshank, catalogue raisonné (231)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: naval; courtship/love; sailor; drunkenness; greengrocer/grocer
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Acquisition date: 1859
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1859,0316.939
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 1859,0316.940

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