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Robert Deserts His Ship And Makes Free With The Proverb “Any Port In A Storm” and “Give Us A Hand Old Feller…”

c1846. Pair of watercolours with pencil, both captioned in pencil or ink throughout image, one with obscured date below image lower right, one with watermark “J. Whatman 1841” 22.3 x 18.4cm (approx. paper). Slight foxing, discolouration, chips to edges.

Captions include “Protection. Free trade… Anti-Corn Law Agitation” and “Don’t yer wish you may git it – yer lubber.” Most likely a caricature of Britain’s prime minister, Sir Robert Peel.
Item #CL165-96

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