English Regency naval officer settling his gambling debts
An English naval officer settles his gambling debts with a debt collector in a hotel room. An army general co-signs the note on a table for Latitat while Admiral Bowsprit comforts rescued odalisque Ellen. 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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