No. 6: Purser
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: 1799
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 10 15/16 × 8 9/16 in. (27.8 × 21.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959