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| Keywords: Ibbetson-SailorsCarousing.jpg Artwork Creator Julius Caesar Ibbetson A scene in an unspecified tavern at Portsmouth after one or more ships have been paid off The painting may be a retrospective celebration of the Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794 since although executed much later and after Ibbetson had moved to the north of England it reuses elements of a watercolour by him showing a similar scene and dated 3 July 1794 The room is crowded with sailors and men and women carousing The ceiling floors and walls enclose the action and a single lamp hangs from the ceiling to the right The outline of a carriage with several revellers alighting or departing frames the door on the right The opening to the left shows a seaman wearing a hat and chain with a boatswain's whistle borne aloft on a chair Two bare-headed women are highlighted in the foreground the one to the right has two men paying attention to her and the woman on the left sits on a sailor's knee Impropriety is implied in their conduct Although sailor's pay was low and often in arrears prize money provided welcome bonuses after victorious actions but it was rarely saved The narrative indicates a group of three seamen in the foreground to the left of centre both pretending to fry their watches or play 'conkers' with them This refers back to a celebrated incident in 1762 when after capturing a Spanish galleon seamen of the 'Active' and 'Favourite' were so loaded with prize money that they were recorded as frying watches as shown One of the women in the foreground wears a watch around her waist 1802 oil panel cm 43 2 58 4 National Maritime Museum object history credit line National Maritime Museum Greenwich London Caird Collection accession number BHC1090 http //www nmm ac uk/collections/nelson/viewObject cfm ID BHC1090 National Maritime Museum PD-old-100 Julius Caesar Ibbetson 1802 paintings Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London | ||||
