print;
frontispiece
- Museum number
- 1872,1012.5145
- Description
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Room with the board of the Marine Society turn beggars into apprentice seamen, being the frontispiece to Jonas Hanway, 'Three Letters on the subject of the Marine Society' (London, Jonas Hanway, 1758)
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1758
- Dimensions
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Height: 224 millimetres
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Width: 175 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See Sheila O'Connell, 'London 1753', BM 2003, cat.3.26. The charitable Marine Society was founded in 1756 by Jonas Hanway, and this served as frontispiece to a pamphlet seeking support for it.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1872
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1872,1012.5145
