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| "That Accounts for It." Isaac Cruickshank, London, 1799. The Lewis Walpole Library. |
Today's print from 1799 is a Cruickshank caricature featuring a variety of characters, both civilian and military. Our sailor sports an unusual hat that looks a bit more like a cap than a round hat. He carries a black stick under his arm and is missing his leg below the knee: the limb has been replaced by a black-painted peg leg.
This will probably be a print I revisit in a few years when I have more understanding of the time period to explain the context of this print.
This will probably be a print I revisit in a few years when I have more understanding of the time period to explain the context of this print.
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| "Why I say my hearty - we hear nothing of the French Navy now - I suppose they got so cursedly lick'd the last time, they did'nt [sic] like it - eh - my hearty - aye That - accounts for it." |
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