Title: No. 5: Midshipman
Object type: Print
Date: February 15, 1799
Portfolio: Delineations of Nautical Characters
Artist:  Henri Merke 
Artist bio: Swiss, Niederweningen, canton Zürich ca. 1760–after 1820
Artist nationality: Swiss
Artist role: Etcher
Medium: Etching and aquatint
Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed and inset):  9 15/16 × 7 13/16 in. (25.2 × 19.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Men, term: Sailors