English Regency naval officer meeting a wounded veteran
An English naval officer meeting a wounded veteran in a London square. Admiral Bowsprit reunited with Captain Bomb after many years. Bomb is an amputee, and has lost an arm and a leg in battle. An army general and a Hackney coachman watch. 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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