print; satirical print

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Object Type: print; satirical print
Museum number: 1878,0511.705
Title: Object: Distressed sailors.; Series: Characteristic sketches of the lower orders
Description: Street-scene; three sailors begging by the railings of a large house at left; at centre, a man with a wooden leg, holding out his hat, his mouth open to give his cry, pulling behind him a large model of a sailing ship on wheels with his left hand; at left, a man with one bare foot, the other raised behind him, leaning on a crutch, holding up his hat to a young woman leaning out of an upper window; behind, a third, also holding his hat and walking with a crutch; behind at right, a grand building with a pilared entrance with pediment. 1823 Hand-coloured etching with stipple
Producer name: Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson; Published by: Samuel Leigh
School/style
Production date: 1820-1823
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials
Technique: etching; stipple; hand-coloured
Dimensions: Height: 135 millimetres (approx. page size); Width: 85 millimetres (approx. page size)
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Curator's comments: For comment see 1878,0511.659.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Subjects: satire; sailor; disabled; beggar
Associated places: Associated with: London
Associated titles
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1878
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1878,0511.705

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