A British Seaman! A Heart of Oak! One of the Brave Tars who Fought for and Protected this Happy Isle. (caricature) RMG PU4785

A British Seaman! A Heart of Oak! One of the Brave Tars who Fought for and Protected this Happy Isle. (caricature)
This print by Rowlandson celebrates the British sailor. It is probably the one listed on p37 of the publisher Ackermann's 1802 catalogue, priced at 1s Plain or 1s 6d coloured. The headress is included in a drawing after Rowlandson that is now in the Royal Collaction

Technique includes aquatint.; Text in English below image.

Thomas Rowlandson - English caricaturist of the 18th and early 19th centuries Britain, known for his humor, caricatures, satirical drawings, and watercolors, a popular artist in the Regency period in England.