Original pen and ink drawing celebrating English navy

by Edward Williams, artist

$350 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

A fine example of the Naval folk art of the period. The drawing is in two parts: the upper section shows a half length semi-caricature portrait in profile of an English Royal Navy seaman with arms crossed holding a 'grog' cup, within an oval border bearing the names of English victories at sea 'St. Vincent La Hogue Camperdown Copenhagen Trafalgar Nile &c. &c.'. The border is supported by the just visible end of a cannon to the left and an anchor to the right. The

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