No. 6: Purser
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Delineations of Nautical Characters
Artist: Thomas Rowlandson|Henri Merke|Rudolph Ackermann, London
Artist bio: British, London 1757–1827 London|Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820|British, active 1794–1829
Artist role: Artist|Etcher|Publisher
Artist nationality: British|Swiss|British
Date: February 15, 1799
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed and inset): 9 15/16 × 7 3/4 in. (25.2 × 19.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Accession year: 1959
Tags: Men|Reading|Sailors