Life in the Forecastle

Object summary

Title: Life in the Forecastle
Object ID: AF-WA-7501
Date made: date unknown
Place made: United States
Publisher: Bros., Harper
Engraver: Von Schmidt, A. A.
Object type: Photograph (reproduction)
Major collection: Nautical
Named collection: Allan Forbes Collection
On view: No

Description

Photographic reproduction of a nineteenth-century woodcut showing sailors smoking and having drunken revels in the forecastle. One man is riding upon the back of another and waving his arms in merriment. Subtitled "LIFE IN THE FORECASTLE."

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