To His Majesty's ship Barham, appointed by the King to convey Sir Walter Scott to Naples..
Sotheby, William,1757-1833.
Scott, Walter,1771-1832,associated name.
[London : s.n.,
1831]
Caption title.
Signed "W. S." at end of poem.
Fair Mead Lodge, Epping Forest, 18 Nov. 1831.--at end of poem. This had been the author's home since the early 1790s.
An extremely scarce poem by William Sotheby (1757-1822), poet and translator celebrated in his own day but since largely forgotten. The poem of 42 lines addresses the man-of-war HMS Barham, which had been provided at the command of William IV to take Sir Walter Scott to Malta and Naples for the good of his health. Sotheby had met Scott  when he was stationed in Edinburgh as an army soldier in the 1770s.
Barham (Man-of-war : 1811-1840)
England London.