The caneing in Conduit Street. Dedicated to the flag officers of the British Navy

Autor/Urheber:

James Gillray

Shortlink:

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Quelle:

Wikimedia Commons

Größe:

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Beschreibung:

The caneing in Conduit Street. Dedicated to the flag officers of the British Navy

SUMMARY: Caricature showing a stout naval officer attacked by Lord Camelford, who says, "Give me satisfction, rascal! Draw your sword..." Captain Vancouver replies, "Murder! Murder! ..." The print may reflect the growing discontent due to harsh naval discipline.

MEDIUM: 1 print : engraving, hand-coloured.

NOTES:

Hand-coloured engraving by James Gillray published by H. Humphrey.

British Cartoon Collection (Library of Congress).

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Kommentar zur Lizenz:

No known restriction on publication.

Lizenz:

Public domain

Credit:

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-USZC2-1323 (color film copy slide), archival TIFF version (4 MB), converted to JPEG with the GIMP 2.4.6, image quality 88.

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