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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/3/18
TitleThe Welch Sailors Mistake or Tars in Conversation
Date[30 Jun 1808]
DescriptionA 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".
LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Engraver: Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further Information220

Woodward Delin : Rowlandson Scul

[...] by This Tegg 111 Cheapside

Date based on Grego ii 89.
Publication NoteBM Sat 11140
TermSailors
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