Sailors on Shore
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756 – London 1827)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1800
Materials
Paper
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Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 292876.24
Summary
Print, etching, Sailors on Shore by Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756 – London 1827). One of a collection of one hundred and thirty six caricature prints attached to the wall of the Caricature Room . Pub: R. Ackermann, 101 Strand. A sailor, a knapsack tied to a walking stick over his shoulder, riding a horse that strains under the weight of a large stone tied to its tail, which drags behind it; a countryman standing at right enquires, 'Why Jack. what the deuce do you do. - with that great stone tied to the tail of your horse?' The sailor replies, 'You must know Messmate. it is an invention of my own - I've come but a short Voyage d'ye see, and have in the time been unshippd twice, by this fellows pitching on his knees, So do you 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 a head!'
Makers and roles
Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756 – London 1827), caricaturist