English naval officer finds a weeping odalisk, Regency era

An English naval officer finds a weeping odalisk in a seraglio garden. Admiral Bowsprit and the enslaved English woman Ellen. A turbaned eunuch harem guard watches. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Charles Williams from The Post Captain, or Adventures of a True British Tar by a Naval Officer, J. Johnston, London, 1817. Attributed to Alfred Thornton or John Mitford

1817 Admiral Bowsprit Adventures Of A True British Tar Alfred Thornton Aquatint Book Illustration Bookplate Charles Williams Comical Enslaved Eunuch Harem J. Johnston John Mitford Lord Nelson Moor Napoleonic Wars Naval History Naval Officer Odalisk Odalisque Orientalism Picaresque Rowlandson Imitation Royal Navy Seraglio The Post Captain Weeping

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