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Title
Contributing nobly against the enemies of old England
Description
English: One of the series of 'Drolls'. Sailors on a ship's deck crowded round a large tub, bottom up, on which they fling coins. They cheer, waving their hats. One with a large tankard takes the hand of a military officer (? Sergeant of Marines) on the extreme right. Among them is an officer with a purse; a boatswain blows his whistle.


On the mast are posted songs: 'God save the King and Rule Britannia'. Beneath the design: 'Contributing Nobly against the Enemies of Old England \ with the Original Letter Addressed to their Commander Lieutenant P. Hue. \ "Argonaut, Jany 31st 1798. \ Sir, \ "We the Seamen and Marines of his Majesty's Ship Argonaut, under your command, desire to give 10s each man out of our wages, to drive before us into the sea all French \ scoundrels, and other blackguards that would take their parts" \ We are \ Your faithful servents \ "John Mitchell, Boatswain's Mate, for Self and Ships Company. \ "Alex. Hean, Serjeant for Self and Party \. "God save the King.' 12 March 1798


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Depicted people Associated with: Lieutenant P Hue
Date 1798
date QS:P571,+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 200 millimetres
Width: 248 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.6690
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)

A belated echo of the naval mutiny, see BMSat 9021, &c. The 'Argonaut', a French prize, was a Third Rate of 64 guns, the commander Lieut. P. Hue. 'Royal Kalendar', 1798, p. 108.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6690
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