An English Jack-Tar Giving Monsieur A Drubbing Hand Coloured Mezzotint Engraving 1788 Cattle 29 by 19 by 19

29 by 19 by 19 cms

Upon her death she left the majority of her estate to Coutts' granddaughter

Troubled by financial problems throughout his life

Miel was a Flemish painter and engraver who was largely active in Italy

An English Jack-Tar Giving Monsieur A Drubbing Hand Coloured Mezzotint Engraving 1788 Cattle 29 by 19 by 19An English Jack Tar giving Monsieur a Drubbing Hand coloured mezzotint engraving published by Robert Sayer London 1788. Good impression in period ebonised fruitwood frame. 30. 5 by 40. 6 cms. Overall in frame. An English sailor in striped trousers beating a foppish Frenchman with his cane, outside an Inn with the sign 'Admiral Keppel' and advertising 'Rodney's Cordial Hood's Intire.' above the door, with a boy laughing at the pleading Frenchman, a pug