A sailor about to be punished on deck, Napoleonic War

A Royal Navy sailor tied to a grating on deck for punishment with the cat-o-nine-tails. The bosun's mate with his whip, officers in uniform, marines on the quarterdeck, all crew on deck. Another sailor with his shirt off confessing to disobeying orders. The Point of Honour. 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 Confession George Cruikshank Grating Greenwich Hospital Horatio Nelson Matthew H. Barker Napoleonic War Nautical Old Sailor Quarterdeck Royal Navy Series Of Naval Sketches Whipping

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