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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D5459/2/44
TitleNautical Experience
Date[1807-1818]
DescriptionTwo 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".
Extent2 prints
LevelSubSeries
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
ArtistWoodward, George Murgatroyd (?1765-1809)
Archive CreatorGeorge Murgatroyd Woodward (1765-1809), artist and writer
Further InformationEtcd 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 NoteBM Sat 10192
TermSailors
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