Sailors on shore leave spending prize money, Napoleonic era

Sailors from HMS Zarethusa on shore leave spending 300 pounds of prize money, Napoleonic era. Jack Transom stands on the roof of a speeding coach, with other sailors, prostitutes, and musicians drinking whisky and grog. An ensign with the name of their ship and a Union Jack flap in the wind. Dogs, pigs, ducks, and children run alongside. Sailors on a Cruise. 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 Debauch Drunken Ducks Ensign George Cruikshank Greenwich Hospital Grog Horatio Nelson Matthew H. Barker Napoleonic War Nautical Old Sailor Pigs Prostitutes Royal Navy Series Of Naval Sketches Union Jack Whisky

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