Johnny Newcome bringing rum to his fellow officers

Johnny Newcome bringing rum to his fellow officers in the midshipman's mess. Young officers drink grog at a long table with benches. A black sailor opens a bottle of wine. Walls decorated with swords, daggers, hats, coats, flags, anchors and pistols. Midshipman's Birth. Europe's Hope and Britain's Glory. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after an illustration by Charles Williams from John Mitford's Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy, London, 1819

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