#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #clarkson stanfield #henry vizetelly #poor jack #tom saunders #sir james oconnor #illustration

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #privateer #napoleonic wars #clarkson stanfield #illustration #poor jack #tom saunders #philip bramble

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #sailors #family #marryat family #florence marryat #life and letters #he loved his babies and clothes #florence brings up his talent for packing more than once #its obvious he loved being a dad #biography

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #naval battle #peter simple #sailors #captain hawkins is a bastard in every sense of the word #its the more archaic term #illustration #james ayton symington

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #napoleonic wars #chase guns #mr midshipman easy #midshipman easy #jack easy #i am vexed i cant find the real source of the artwork #its a very good depiction of bow-chasers

#eeby deeby #frederick marryat #captain marryat #mr midshipman easy #silly post

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #george cruikshank #naval history #napoleonic wars #admiralty #waiting room at the admiralty #biography #portrait #alan buster #oliver warner #christopher lloyd #tom pocock #his appearance here really echoes the behnes portrait #eta even more footnotes lol

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #england #britain #the whole penchant for suffering and slaughter #man-hauling sledges to lionizing scott of the antarctic etc #is this part of imperialism #life and letters

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #percival keene #captain delmar #royal marines

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #hms imperieuse #christopher lloyd #captain marryat and the old navy #literature #biography #battle of the basque roads #napoleonic wars #imagine seeing 50 combat incidents between age 14 and 17 #and two other horrific wars as a young adultadult

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #poor jack #lieutenant #portrait miniature

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #flowers #marryat family #life and letters #a floral post appears

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #frank mildmay #midshipmen #quoting marryats book frank mildmay in particular #napoleonic wars

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #code of signals #or maritime flag signaling in general #gonna boost this one from the halyards my lads #silly post

#frederick marryat #captain marryat #age of sail #royal navy #midshipman #frank mildmay #a modest lad isnt he #i liked finding a suitable portrait of another frank #portrait miniature