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Royal Navy recruitment, cartoon of a 'press gang'

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MMM5478592
Image title
Royal Navy recruitment, cartoon of a 'press gang'
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Location
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
Medium
etching
Date
1790 AD (C18th AD)
Image description

Royal Navy recruitment, a cartoon of a 'press gang', which enlisted men in the Navy, during wartime, numerous abuses were committed, as the gang was paid £1 for every man hired, and ran through the streets and villages in search of future sailors, often miserables. The image depicts their method of recruiting under duress and with violence, with the Tower of London in the background. Color etching, published on June 1, 1790, by S. Collings; J. Barlow; Bentley & Co.

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© National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
18th century / England / United Kingdom / Europe / weapon / army / castle / deformity / monument / woman / engraving / man / domestic violence / violence / navy / mobilization / dwarf / poverty / tower / housing

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