No. 5: Midshipman
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Delineations of Nautical Characters
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson|Rudolph Ackermann, London|Henri Merke
Artist bio: British, London 1757–1827 London|British, active 1794–1829|Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820
Artist role: Artist|Publisher|Etcher
Artist nationality: British|British|Swiss
Date: 1799
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 11 in. × 8 11/16 in. (28 × 22 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959