PX8554

'Equity or a Sailor's Prayer before Battle. Anecdote of the Battle of Trafalgar' Long Caption: (caricature) Mounted with PAG8555.; No.42. A post-Trafalgar satire showing a scene of the deck of a British vessel. It offers an unusually adversarial stance taken from the perspective of the lower-deck sailor. With cannon being prepared, the tar is shown on his knees at prayer. At this, one of the officers remarks Credit line: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: PAG8554 Artist: Thomas Tegg Date: circa 1805 Medium: coloured etching Size: 252 mm x 354 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.