An English Jack-Tar Giving Monsieur A Drubbing Hand Coloured Mezzotint Engraving 1788 Cattle Some time and waterstaining to

Some time and waterstaining to no real detrimental effect

Natural history watercolour study of a tufted duck

Miel was a Flemish painter and engraver who was largely active in Italy

29 by 19 by 19 cms

An English Jack-Tar Giving Monsieur A Drubbing Hand Coloured Mezzotint Engraving 1788 Cattle Some time and waterstaining toAn English Jack Tar giving Monsieur a Drubbing Hand coloured mezzotint engraving published by Robert Sayer London 1788. Good impression in period ebonised fruitwood frame. 30. 5 by 40. 6 cms. Overall in frame. An English sailor in striped trousers beating a foppish Frenchman with his cane, outside an Inn with the sign 'Admiral Keppel' and advertising 'Rodney's Cordial Hood's Intire.' above the door, with a boy laughing at the pleading Frenchman, a pug