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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/3/18 |
| Title | The Welch Sailors Mistake or Tars in Conversation |
| Date | [30 Jun 1808] |
| Description | A scene on the deck of a ship. An English sailor says to a group of Welsh sailors:
"And so then do you see David we sprung a leak". Behind him sits another sailor drinking from a tankard.
The Welsh sailors look at him in amazement, and one replies: "Cot pless us - and save us - did you! And a ferry coot fechitable it is - I shuld liked to have had a pit with you". |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | 220
Woodward Delin : Rowlandson Scul
[...] by This Tegg 111 Cheapside
Date based on Grego ii 89. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 11140 |
| Term | Sailors |