A Chip of the Old Block.
Published by W. Dudley, 20, Apollo buildings, Gloucester-st, Lambeth [n.d., c.1830.] Hand coloured woodcut. In ink at top "reform of nature & shiver my timbers carried by one its a brave one!" Sheet 205 x 250mm (8 x 9¾"). A midwife holds up the the new-born son of an old sailor, remarking on the child's resemblance to its father, which includes a hook hand, wooden leg and sailor's queue.
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