Les adieux du matelot = The sailor's farewell [engraving]
1744
IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff
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Title
Les adieux du matelot = The sailor's farewell [engraving]
Published
[London] : Publish'd according to act of Parliament ... ; sold by C. Moseley engraver and printseller in Round Court in ye Strand 1744
Description
1 engraving : ill. ; 34 x 22 cm. on a sheet 45 x 29 cm.
Call Number
IN L2005F180 1698/1811 ff
Note
A young sailor bids farewell to his lady, his comrads and his ship waiting in the background.
Accompanied by 13 lines of verse below the image.
See also a companion print, Le retour du Matelot on leaf 138v of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, which text mentions the source of Anson's wealth. Anson, as lord of the Admiralty when Minorca was lost, shared with Byng much of the public blame for that loss.
On leaf 137r of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757
Accompanied by 13 lines of verse below the image.
See also a companion print, Le retour du Matelot on leaf 138v of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, which text mentions the source of Anson's wealth. Anson, as lord of the Admiralty when Minorca was lost, shared with Byng much of the public blame for that loss.
On leaf 137r of The Tragedy of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757
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