print; satirical print; broadside

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print; satirical print; broadside

Object Type: print; satirical print; broadside
Museum number: 1869,1009.26
Title: Object: A veteran's address to a young sailor.
Description: Heading to a broadside, 'Printed by D. N. Shury, Berwick-Street, Soho'. A stout elderly officer (l.), in naval uniform with long pigtail, addresses with outstretched l. arm a young sailor, putting his right. hand in his waistcoat pocket. The youth, who has short curly hair, stands hat in hand, cane under his arm, listening intently; he wears short blue jacket, knotted neck-cloth, white trousers, and low buckled shoes. The 'Address': 'You are now, Young Man, entering on a scene of life the most glorious and enterprising - that of an English Sailor. . . . An imperious and daring Invader threatens to approach your shores. . . .' He is adjured to remember Drake, Howard, Blake, and Pocock, Russel, Boscawen; 'Duncan, brave Cornwallis, Howe, Warren, Hood, the famed St. Vincent, and the undaunted Hero of the Nile! . . . Farewell! be vigilant, be bold - true to your God, your Country, and your King!' (cf. BMSat 10088). 13 August 1803 Hand-coloured etching with letterpress text
Producer name: Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank; Published by: Ackermann
School/style
Production date: 1803
Materials
Technique: etching; hand-coloured; letterpress
Dimensions: Height: 360 millimetres (Sheet); Width: 235 millimetres (Sheet)
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VIII, 1947) For invasion broadsides see BMSat 10038. For naval heroes cf. (e.g.) BMSats 9257, 10039. Listed by Broadley (Latta Coll.).
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects
Associated names: Associated with: Admiral Robert Blake; Associated with: Adm Right Hon Edward Boscawen; Associated with: Hon Adm Sir William Cornwallis; Associated with: Sir Francis Drake; Associated with: Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan; Associated with: George III, King of the United Kingdom; Associated with: Admiral Sir Samuel Hood; Associated with: Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham; Associated with: Adm Richard Howe, Earl Howe; Associated with: Napoléon I, Emperor of the French; Associated with: Horatio Nelson, 1st Baron and Viscount Nelson; Associated with: Admiral Sir George Pocock; Associated with: John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent; Associated with: Sir John Borlase Warren
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1869
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1869,1009.26

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