File:A Fleet of Transports under Convoy (BM 1935,0522.1.196).jpg
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[edit]A Fleet of Transports under Convoy
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After: Robert Dighton
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A Fleet of Transports under Convoy |
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English: A man (left) leads by a rope the foremost of a crowd of prisoners sentenced to transportation who follow him from left to right. The two foremost are bearded Jews. Behind comes a knock-kneed youth taking a pinch of snuff; a man behind him is gnawing a large bone. There are ten prisoners in all. The background is part of the façade of Newgate prison. 9 November 1781
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| Date | 1781 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1935,0522.1.196 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) At this time the transportation of convicts had temporarily ceased, owing to the American war, and hulks in the Thames were used as a substituted (Supplementary information) The publication date was given on another impression seen by Dorothy George. Dighton's original watercolour for this print from the collection of Mr Jeffrey Rose was sold at Sotheby's, 23 February 1978, lot 19. See also the reduced version: 2010,7081.1807 |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1935-0522-1-196 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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