An English naval officer greets an old man in an inn

An English naval officer greets an old man in an inn. Admiral Bowsprit re-united with his father. In a rear room, rescued odalisk Ellen talks to her father Old Primrose. 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 Hallway J. Johnston John Mitford Lord Nelson Napoleonic Wars Naval History Naval Officer Odalisk Old Man Picaresque Re-union Rowlandson Imitation Royal Navy The Post Captain

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