Sailors taking revenge on a Jewish merchant, Napoleonic era

Sailors taking revenge on a Jewish merchant, Napoleonic era. Solomon Schernbac and his shoddy goods are dropped through a grating down into the gun deck. Seamen, officers and women watch and laugh. Paying Off. 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 Anti-semitism George Cruikshank Grating Greenwich Hospital Horatio Nelson Laughter Matthew H. Barker Napoleonic Era Napoleonic War Nautical Old Sailor Payback Prank Royal Navy Seamen Series Of Naval Sketches

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