Sujet

Dick Dock, or the Lobster and Crab', 1806. Artist: Anon

Légende

'Dick Dock, or the Lobster and Crab', 1806. Scene outside an alehouse by the River Thames. A Greenwich Pensioner with a wooden leg takes the hand of a soldier. The verse beneath describes a sailor (crab) insulting a Chelsea Pensioner (lobster) and then becoming reconciled on learning that the lobster had once saved his life.

Date

1806

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/City of London : The London Archives

Notre référence

HRM19A97_480

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

18,3Mo (1,2Mo) / 23,0cm x 20,0cm / 2721 x 2357 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation river building buildings England River Thames Thames people male man men medicine country pub science guy ship ships British geography public house English color colour uniform dress war location Britain disabled pensioner soldiers soldier concept riverbank Navy cartoon tavern sailor metaphor warfare sailors sailing ship OAP naval warfare water transport War veteran amputation amputee satire satirical Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Chelsea Pensioner geographical feature Greenwich Pensioner wooden leg old soldier etching satire Anon Anonymous Isaac Cruikshank;Cruikshank Isaac