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The Veteran's Address to a Young Sailor

Broadsheet
13 August 1803 (published)
Artist/Maker
Ackermann & Co. (publisher)
Isaac Cruikshank (etcher)
Woodward (artist)
Place of origin
London (published)

Broadsheet with a hand-coloured etching head-piece showing an older man in naval uniform speaking to a young sailor

Object details

Categories
Caricatures & Cartoons
Prints
Printed Pages & Sheets
Satire
Scotland
Object type
Broadsheet
TitleThe Veteran's Address to a Young Sailor (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured etching and letterpress
Hand-Colouring
Etching
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
Isaac Cruikshank, after Woodward. The Veteran's Address to a Young Sailor. Published London, August 13 1803.
Physical description
Broadsheet with a hand-coloured etching head-piece showing an older man in naval uniform speaking to a young sailor
Dimensions
  • Height: 14in
  • Width: 9.25in
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956.
  • British Museum, Catalogue of Politicial and Personal Satires [c.1320-1832] London, 1870-1954.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.541-1943

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O726454/the-veterans-address-to-a-broadsheet-isaac-cruikshank/
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