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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/47 |
| Title | An Irish Leap, or a Pat Reply to a Plain Question |
| Date | Jun 1807 |
| Description | An Irish sailor crouches on the deck of a ship, rubbing his leg. He is watched by a captain and two sailors. The first sailor says:
"Shiver my top-sails - what down plunges! And yet he don't seem much hurt. "
The next sailor comments:
"He must have come direct from the top gallant mast head."
The captain, leaning towards the Irish sailor, asks: "My good fellow - where the devil did you come from?", to which the Irish sailor replies
"Please your Honor - I came from the North of Ireland." |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Publication Note | BM Sat 10913 |
| Term | Sailors |