A naval lieutenant summons an old midshipman to duty

A naval lieutenant summons an old midshipman to duty, but he is too busy roasting a goose at the hearth. On the walls, a midshipman's dirk, paintings of ships, carved parrots, a cocked hat. Billy Culmer and the Goose. Handcoloured lithograph by George Cruikshank from Greenwich Hospital, a Series of Naval Sketches, by An Old Sailor (Matthew H. Barker), published by James Robins, London, 1826

1826 Anecdote Awol Baste George Cruikshank Goose Greenwich Hospital Hearth Horatio Nelson Matthew H. Barker Napoleonic War Nautical Old Sailor Roast Royal Navy Series Of Naval Sketches

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