The Champion of England
Engraver
George Salisbury Shury
(1815 - 1894)
Artist
Thomas Herbert Maguire
(English, 1821 - 1895)
Date1860
Object number00008931
NameEngraving
MediumMezzotint on paper
DimensionsOverall: 580 x 433 mm, 0.2 kg
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThe Champion of England. London, England: E. Gambart & Son. 1860. Ink on paper. Engraved by George Salisbury Shury after Thomas Herbert Maguire. Print depicts a British sailor in uniform climbing a mast and nailing the Union Jack to its masthead, hammer in hand with the flag billowing in the background, engraved inscription reads `The foe thought he'd struck --- but he sung out avast! and the colours of old England he nail'd to the mast!
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