Boatmen rescuing a man from a building in a flood

Boatmen rescuing a man from a building in a flood, 18th century. Mr Jones saves his servant Henry marooned from the summer house. O God. Thou has had compassion on me! Thou hast heard my prayer! Pl 48, Vol. III. Copperplate engraving by William Blake after an illustration by Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki from Mary Wollstonecraft's translation of Christian Gotthilf Salzmann's Elements of Morality, London, 1791

1791 18th Century Boatmen Christian Gotthilf Salzmann Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki Educational Elements Of Morality Flooding Lesson Marooned Mary Wollstonecraft Morals Natural Disaster Rains Translation Waterman William Blake

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