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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D5459/2/22 |
| Former Reference | D5459/3/116 |
| Title | Sailors on Shore |
| Date | 14 Sep 1800 |
| Description | A standing sailor talks to another seated on a horse. Both are wearing striped trousers, short blue jackets and round hats. The mounted sailor, on the left, has a pipe in his mouth and a bundle on a stick over his shoulder. The horse has various items attached to its saddle, and it has been tied to a large rock on the ground by means of a rope tied to its tail. It has its head down and is straining against the rope.
The standing sailor asks the other:
"Why Jack. What the deauce do you do. -with that great stone tied to the tail of your horse?"
The other sailor replies:
"You must know messmate it is an innovation of my own. - I've come but a short voyage d'ye see, and have in the time been unshipp'd twice, by this fellows pitching on his knees, So d-ye see. - I had some ballast to the stern, and shiver my timbers if there ever was a better thing invented to prevent a vessel from going too much ahead."
Available on CD 160. |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Artist | Woodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809) |
| Archive Creator | George Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer |
| Further Information | Publishd Sep 14 1800 by R Ackermann, No 101 Strand |
| Physical Description | Hand-coloured print. Size 376 x 300 mm. |
| Copies | A digital copy can also be viewed on the public computers at the record office. |
| Term | Sailors |
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