Master B on the Middle Watch
Maker
(artist)
1792-1878
(engraver)
1792-1878
(publisher)
1788-1875
1792-1878
(engraver)
1792-1878
(publisher)
1788-1875
Title
Master B on the Middle Watch
Date of Production
1.8.1835
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Height: 21.5 cm
Width: 29 cm
Width: 29 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.4162
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
deck
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper left margin, printed: Mr B. on the Middle watch "cold blows the wind & the rains coming on"
Inscription: Recto: upper right margin, printed: Plate 3
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: [anchor symbol] = G Cruikshank sculpt.
Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, Augt. 1st 1835.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: "Or sailing on the midnight deep / When weary messmates soundly sleep / The careful Watch patroles the deck / to guard the ship from does or wreck / and whilst his thoughts oft homeward veer" & c all's well."
Stamp: Recto: upper left mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY
Inscription: Recto: upper right margin, printed: Plate 3
Inscription: Recto: lower left margin, printed: [anchor symbol] = G Cruikshank sculpt.
Inscription: Recto: lower right margin, printed: Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket, Augt. 1st 1835.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre margin, printed: "Or sailing on the midnight deep / When weary messmates soundly sleep / The careful Watch patroles the deck / to guard the ship from does or wreck / and whilst his thoughts oft homeward veer" & c all's well."
Stamp: Recto: upper left mount, stamped: WITT / LIBRARY
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