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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/44 |
| Title | Nautical Experience |
| Date | [1807-1818] |
| Description | Two sailors are confronted by a farmer. One sailor, on the right, has the donkey in a 'piggy-back' whilst the other helps to push him over the fence of the enclosure where he has been kept. The stout farmer, standing on the left, asks:
"Who gave you authority to release that ass from the Pound?"
The sailor holding the donkey replies:
"Why look you master - the thing was this - we saw him aground without victuals d'ye see see so my Messmate and I agreed to cut his cable and set him at liberty because we have known before what it is to be at short allowance". |
| Extent | 2 prints |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Engraver: Roberts |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Etcd by Roberts
London pubd Janry 1807 by T Tegg 111 Cheapside
A reissue of a print originally published by Roberts. BM Sat suggests a publication date of 1803. |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 10192 |
| Term | Sailors |