Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Commanders engaged at sea.
Call Number
D North 51/GC112/Box 04/Normal/Prints/Titles Co-Cz GA 2014.00152
Identifier
ark:/88435/73666c62f
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1802/07/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1802
Extent
1 item ; sheet 26.4 x 38 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: It appears from this print...that the inactivity of our commanders at sea was attracting popular censure. In the plate we find the admiral and his commodore devoting their energies to gambling with a child's toy. Scattered around and trodden upon unheeded are plans of fortifications to be bombarded, the charts of oceans to be navigated, and rough draughts for the arrangement of the ships at the beginning of a sea fight, such as we find Nelson drew up for the guidance of his captains before going into action on the eve of his glorious victories. regarding their puerile dispositions with an air of disgust and distress.
Item description: Possibly first published 1785 under another title: "Sea Amusement".
Signed in plate, lower left: "T. Rowlandson 1785".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Great Britain. Navy—Officers—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Gambling—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Toys—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Royal Navy—Sea life—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/f7b90076-f0d0-456c-a837-3a43138b4209/manifest