Print made by William Heath, 1795–1840, BritishPublished by Thomas McLean, 1788–1875, British
Title:
Sailors on Shore at Navarino
Date:
ca. 1827
Materials & Techniques:
Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 17 3/8 × 11 7/8 inches (44.1 × 30.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside of image: "Thanks noble Friends for this assistance are we to count upon your farther aid | To be sure you are - and here's my messmates | who will stick to you as long as we have a Timber | afloat - we had a bit of a Squall our selves a little | while ago - but that's all over now. | an't it, Mounseur | Oui, out, Monsier. | Pub by T. McLean 26 Haymarket London"; lettered below image: "Esq. De | SAILORS on SHORE at NAVARINO."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Godfrey Pearlson