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John Nixon
-1818
Ban-yan day on board the Magnificent; or, Pease porridge hot from the coppers! / JS ff.
[London] : Pubd by Wm Holland, N° 50, Oxford St, July 29, 1789.
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image: 225 x 364 mm; sheet: 246 x 368 mm
Peel 1637
Notes
At foot of image above title: At N° 50 Oxford St may be seen the largest Collection in Europe of Caricatures - Admittce I Shilg London.
Text below title reads: On piping to dinner he ask'd what the Seamen din'd upon, he was answered it was Ban-yan day: then said he let me have some Pease hot from the Coppers. A Punch Bowl full were instantly served up. Tom Bowling had the honor of feeding the R------l Guests, who went away highly pleas'd with their nautical luncheon.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Text below title reads: On piping to dinner he ask'd what the Seamen din'd upon, he was answered it was Ban-yan day: then said he let me have some Pease hot from the Coppers. A Punch Bowl full were instantly served up. Tom Bowling had the honor of feeding the R------l Guests, who went away highly pleas'd with their nautical luncheon.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Print shows the King and three princesses seated at a round dinner-table on the deck of a man-of-war, with a large bowl in the center of the table, into which the ladies dip their spoons; a sailor, putting his hand on the King's shoulder, holds a spoon to his mouth, and the King clutches a dish of cheese. A sailor behind the King (right) points to another sailor who stands at the top of a ladder leading up to the deck holding a bunch of turnips. Military bandsmen (right) play a drum and a pipe; two black musicians standing behind the princesses at far left play on a French horn and a bassoon. Cf. George.
Associated names
Holland, William, 1757-1815, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850 former owner.
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