The Crossing the Line ceremony, Napoleonic era

The Crossing the Line ceremony at the Equator, Napoleonic era. Sailors dressed as Neptune and Amphitrite drink grog with an officer. A sailor dressed as Davy Jones ducks an uninitiated midshipman in a barrel, while other sailors carry a blindfolded officer. Other tattooed sailors throw buckets of water at each other. Handcoloured lithograph by George Cruikshank from Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, by An Old Sailor (Matthew H. Barker), published by James Robins, London, 1826

1826 Amphitrite Anecdote Blindfold Buckets Equator George Cruikshank Greenwich Hospital Grog Horatio Nelson Matthew H. Barker Midshipman Napoleonic Era Napoleonic War Nautical Neptune Old Sailor Royal Navy Series Of Naval Sketches

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