Song lyrics 'One night [came?] on a hurricane the seas were mountains rolling and Barny Buntline turned his quid and said to Billy Boline 'A stiff Norwesters blowing Bill'' (on reverse) 'foolhardy folk who live on shore what danger they are all in, and what a fright they all are in for fear the roof should fall in'. Illustrated with sketches of a ship under reduced canvas and of the crew steering
Medium includes pen and ink. The illustrated lyrics are the start of a song by Charles Dibdin the Elder (d. 1814) in which Barny Buntline reverses the old saw of 'worse things happening to sailors at sea', by recounting the perils of living on land and ending with the conclusion; 'Then thank the Lord that you and I are sailors!'. Its title is, as I recall [TBC], 'The Sailor's Consolation'. [PvdM 3/09]
Object Details
| ID: | PAE0989 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | Drawing |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyllie, William Lionel |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |
| Measurements: | 354 mm x 252 mm |