English Regency naval captain is mobbed at an inn
An English Regency naval captain with news of victory is met by an excited crowd at an inn. Captain Bowsprit waves his bicorne and a captured French flag from a post chaise. Nip Cheese Portsmouth on the carriage door. 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
Picture No
14017286
Media ID
46691200
Size
7578px x 4307px
(8.8MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Charles WIlliams
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1817 Adventures Of A True British Tar Alfred Thornton Aquatint Bicorne Book Illustration Bookplate Captain Bowsprit Charles Williams Comical J. Johnston John Mitford Lord Nelson Napoleonic Wars Naval History Naval Officer Picaresque Rowlandson Imitation Royal Navy The Post Captain Tricolor
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