Launching a Frigate
Thomas Rowlandson British
After Richard Newton British
Publisher Thomas Tegg British
Not on view
A young prostitute, elaborately dressed, walks from the door of a Portsmouth brothel. Behind her is a plump woman, with her hands on her hips. On the wall of the house is the inscription "Portsmouth Dock" and three bills: "From the Country an Assortment of Fresh Ware," "A Tragedy in Rehearsal," and "Leakes Genuine Pills." In the background, a woman leans from the window of a house with outstretched arms, while flames and smoke erupt from the chimney.
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