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Fitting out- Mast. Willm Blockhead HM ship Hellfire West India Station. (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.1.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Master B. Finding things not exactly what he expected (caricature). Plate 2.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Fitting out Mastr Willm Blockhead HM ship Hellfire West India Station (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate 1.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Fitting out Mastr Willm Blockhead HM Ship Hellfire West India Station. (caricature). Plate 1of 8 ( with two additional plates): The most striking element in this composition is the large chest in the middle of the plainly furnished r
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Master B finding things not exactly what he expected (caricature). Plate 2 of 8 (with two additional plates): Finally aboard, Master B is shown below deck by an older sailor. It is dirty and dingy in contrast to the light and comfort
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Master B finding things not exactly what he expected (caricature). Plate 2.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Master B on the Middle Watch, cold blows the wind & the rain's coming on (caricature). Plate 3.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Mr B mastheaded or enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time (caricature). Plate 4.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Mr B on the Middle Watch, "cold blows the wind & the rains coming on" (caricature). Plate 3 of 8 (with two additional plates): Things get worse for Master Blockhead, now pictured in the foreground in the working dress o
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Mr B Promoted to Lieut & first putting on his uniform (caricature). Plate 7of 8 (with two additional plates): Now maybe ten years on, at the end of the story, Master Blockhead has been promoted to Lieutenant and returned to his f
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Mr B Promoted to Lieut: & first putting on his uniform (caricature). Plate 7.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Mr B seeking the Bubble reputation (caricature). Plate 5 of 8 (with two additional plates): Mr B and his fellow sailors have boarded a French ship and a vicious fight has broken out. The attack from the British party with axes and sw
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Mr B seeking the Bubble reputation (caricature). Plate 5.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Mr B, mastheaded or enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time (caricature). Plate 4 of 8 (with two additional plates): Cruikshank continues to show the harshness of a life at sea. Master Blockhead sits ‘enjoying the fresh air&r
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & frontispiece (caricature). George Cruikshank’s series of eight naval scenes, first published in 1835, gently satirises the youthfu
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead, Waiting room at the Admiralty. (no misnomer) (caricature). Plate 6.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead. fitting out Mastr. Willm Blockhead HM Ship Hellfire West India Station (caricature). Plate 1.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Midshipman Blockhead. The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & Frontispiece (caricature). Plate No.8.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Mr B on the Middle Watch - cold blows the wind & the rain's coming on (caricature). Print.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Mr B- seeking the Bubble reputation. (caricature). Plate No.5.; Hand-coloured.; Text in English below image.
Published 1 August 1835
National Maritime Museum

Mr.B. Mastheaded- or, enjoying the fresh air for the 304th time (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.4.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Stukje laken van de uniformrok van J.C.J. van Speyk met aangehechte afkomstbewijzen
1 August 1835
Rijksmuseum

The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead in seven plates & Frontispiece (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.8.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

The Sailor's Progress 'Sic transit gloria mundi' Frontispiece to ten plates entitled ' The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead’ (caricature). This print is an additional title page for the serie
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

The Sailor's Progress. 'Arrival at the North Pole'. Final image in the series of ten plates entitled 'The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead' (caricature). This print is the final image in the
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

The Sailors Progress. Sic transit gloria Mundi (caricature). Print
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum

Waiting room at the Admiralty-(No Misnomer) (caricature). Hand-coloured.; Plate No.6.; Text in English below image.
1 Aug 1835
National Maritime Museum