No. 8: Captain
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Delineations of Nautical Characters
Artist: Rudolph Ackermann, London|Thomas Rowlandson|Henri Merke
Artist bio: British, active 1794–1829|British, London 1757–1827 London|Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820
Artist role: Publisher|Artist|Etcher
Artist nationality: British|British|Swiss
Date: February 15, 1799
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed and inset): 9 3/4 × 7 11/16 in. (24.7 × 19.5 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Cannons|Men|Sailors