Mrs. Spring finds her husband in prostitute Poll Raffle's

Mrs. Spring finds her husband in prostitute Poll Raffle's house in Portsea. The captain in full uniform turns a mutton joint in front of the fire. The room is decorated wtih busts of Howe, Hood and Jarvis, prints of naval battles. Two doors marked Bed Room and Secret Cozey Corner. Johnny Newcome watches from the door. Newcome's captain discovered in a nunnery, turning the spit. 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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