English Regency naval officers brawling with debt collectors
Two English naval officers brawling with debt collectors in a Plymouth street. The frightened bailiffs shout for help, their cudgels on the ground. Captain Bowsprit drops his sword and offers to pay Captain Bomb's tailor's debt. 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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