British Tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour “The Broad-bottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy’s old-Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition” – three sailors rowing a small ship’s boat or dinghy, (the Billy Pitt) are going through rough water caused by Leviathan, a porpoise-like monster with three heads and a forked tail. The heads spout water at the boat, particularly at Canning. They are (r. to left.) Grenville, who spouts “Opposition Clamour”; Howick (whom Canning had replaced as Foreign Secretary), spouting “Detraction”; and St. Vincent, spouting “Envy”. hand-coloured etching, Print made by James Gillray / Published in London, 1807  more detailed explanation Maritime Monday for January 30, 2012; This is Leviathan

British Tars, towing the Danish fleet into harbour

“The Broad-bottom Leviathan trying to swamp Billy’s old-Boat, & the little Corsican tottering on the Clouds of Ambition” – three sailors rowing a small ship’s boat or dinghy, (the Billy Pitt) are going through rough water caused by Leviathan, a porpoise-like monster with three heads and a forked tail. The heads spout water at the boat, particularly at Canning. They are (r. to left.) Grenville, who spouts “Opposition Clamour”; Howick (whom Canning had replaced as Foreign Secretary), spouting “Detraction”; and St. Vincent, spouting “Envy”.

hand-coloured etching, Print made by James Gillray / Published in London, 1807  more detailed explanation

Maritime Monday for January 30, 2012; This is Leviathan

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Rough Trade oldbookillustrations: Faint heart never won fair lady. John Bewick, from Proverbs in verse, by John Trusler, London, 1811. (Source: archive.org)

Rough Trade

oldbookillustrations:

Faint heart never won fair lady.

John Bewick, from Proverbs in verse, by John Trusler, London, 1811.

(Source: archive.org)

thingsihappentolike: Jack Tars Ahoy!! via Bluejacket

thingsihappentolike:

Jack Tars Ahoy!! via Bluejacket

Sailors and Syphilis laudanum for pain, blue vitriol for running sores In 1886, the wards of the Marine-Hospital Service, North Atlantic District, treated 434 seamen for primary or secondary syphilis, and gonorrhea. This was 11% of all district cases, including general disease, local disease, poisonings, and injuries; 84 were multi-day admissions; one death from secondary syphilis occurred that year, in Boston.As detailed in the 1886 Marine-Hospital Annual Report, this Massachusetts-born mariner, “C.C.”, who at age 43 did not survive his fourth admission in three years for his advancing syphilis, still seems to have done his part in spinning the yarn of the wandering Jack Tar.“His personal history was romantic”, serving during the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny in India, and with Gordon in the 1862 Chinese War. Refusing hospital food, he survived on sardines, ham, and cabbage even as his nose and sinuses rotted away to expose his skull.

Sailors and Syphilis

laudanum for pain, blue vitriol for running sores

In 1886, the wards of the Marine-Hospital Service, North Atlantic District, treated 434 seamen for primary or secondary syphilis, and gonorrhea. This was 11% of all district cases, including general disease, local disease, poisonings, and injuries; 84 were multi-day admissions; one death from secondary syphilis occurred that year, in Boston.

As detailed in the 1886 Marine-Hospital Annual Report, this Massachusetts-born mariner, “C.C.”, who at age 43 did not survive his fourth admission in three years for his advancing syphilis, still seems to have done his part in spinning the yarn of the wandering Jack Tar.

“His personal history was romantic”, serving during the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny in India, and with Gordon in the 1862 Chinese War. Refusing hospital food, he survived on sardines, ham, and cabbage even as his nose and sinuses rotted away to expose his skull.

Satirical Monsters; Jack Tar Chases a French Sailor into the Jaws of a Sea Monster, c1778 “Monsieur sneaking gallantly into Brest’s sculking-hole after receiving a preliminary salutation of British Jack Tar 27, July 1778” (etching) Published by William Richardson. “An English sailor wielding a cat-o’-nine-tails chases a French sailor into the wide jaws of a dragon or sea-monster; they symbolize the British and French fleets. The French sailor, whose jacket is decorated with fleur-de-lys, carries a man-of-war on his head; he shrieks in alarm, his hands outstretched. His trousers are undone and he puffs a blast at his pursuer resembling the smoke which comes from the ships’ guns. Both men are running on the surface of the sea; within the jaws of the monster is a fleet; guns are firing towards a single British ship on the left which returns the fire. The jaws of the monster are inscribed ‘Grand Monarque’.” More Monsters on MonsterBrains

Satirical Monsters; Jack Tar Chases a French Sailor into the Jaws of a Sea Monster, c1778

“Monsieur sneaking gallantly into Brest’s sculking-hole after receiving a preliminary salutation of British Jack Tar 27, July 1778”
(etching) Published by William Richardson.

“An English sailor wielding a cat-o’-nine-tails chases a French sailor into the wide jaws of a dragon or sea-monster; they symbolize the British and French fleets. The French sailor, whose jacket is decorated with fleur-de-lys, carries a man-of-war on his head; he shrieks in alarm, his hands outstretched. His trousers are undone and he puffs a blast at his pursuer resembling the smoke which comes from the ships’ guns. Both men are running on the surface of the sea; within the jaws of the monster is a fleet; guns are firing towards a single British ship on the left which returns the fire. The jaws of the monster are inscribed ‘Grand Monarque’.”

More Monsters on MonsterBrains

Cast Iron Umbrella Stand in the form of Jack TarLate 19th century - sold for $1,875A sailor wearing a broad brimmed hat, standing atop a capstan, and supporting with his hands a hoop in the form of rope work, above various nautical pieces including an anchor, paddle, chain and trunk. With a removable water catch tray, sitting in a recess with the face of Neptune at the front. Height: 27 in. (68.6 cm.)from Christies Maritime Decorative Arts

Cast Iron Umbrella Stand in the form of Jack Tar
Late 19th century - sold for $1,875

A sailor wearing a broad brimmed hat, standing atop a capstan, and supporting with his hands a hoop in the form of rope work, above various nautical pieces including an anchor, paddle, chain and trunk. With a removable water catch tray, sitting in a recess with the face of Neptune at the front. Height: 27 in. (68.6 cm.)

from Christies Maritime Decorative Arts

Coronation Review 1911 - IBBETSON, Ernest (artist)

Coronation Review 1911 - IBBETSON, Ernest (artist)