The Quidam Association of old sailors meeting in a pub

The Quidam Association of old Royal Navy sailors meeting in a pub. Wounded veterans drunk on punch in The Jolly Sailor, some with wooden legs, crutches, eyepatches. Jack Rattlin stands on the table recounting Nelson's victory at the Battle of the Nile, 1798. 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 Boarding Crutch Drunk Drunkenness George Cruikshank Greenwich Hospital Grog Horatio Nelson Matthew H. Barker Napoleonic War Nautical Old Sailor Publican Re-enactment Royal Navy Series Of Naval Sketches Veterans

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