Tars Carousing

This print is one of ten illustrations in 'Songs of the Late Charles Dibdin' (with some others) collected by his son Thomas Dibdin (John Murray, London, 1841) f. p.93, where it illustrates the song 'All Girls. It shows naval seamen with sweethearts and wives drinking and dancing in the 'tween decks of a warship, to the music of a black seaman fiddler seen at top right. For a full list of the illustrations see PAJ1820 (the first). [PvdM 1/18]

Object Details

ID: PAJ1826
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Murray, John; Cruikshank, George
Date made: 1841
People: Cruikshank, George; Murray, John
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 108 x 170 mm