Sea stores, Thomas Rowlandson - Public domain drawing

A bevy of females consisting of a negress and other beauties from the purlieus of the port, 'waiting for Jack' are sportively accosted by a dapper young midshipman who has been sent on shore to procure supplies for his ship, which is lying off. Companion print to "Land Stores."

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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.

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