English Regency naval officer attacks two debt collectors
An English naval officer attacks two debt collectors with a cutlass in a drawing room. Admiral Bowsprit draws his sword on two bailiffs over 1, 000 pounds of gambling debts. Rescued odalisk Ellen faints on the carpet. 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
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