File:A deck scene with a man being seasick over the ship's rail RMG PZ4313.tiff

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Reverend Thomas Streatfeild (1777-1848)
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English: A deck scene with a man being seasick over the ship's rail

A deck scene with a well-dressed, seasick man throwing up over the ship's rail.

Page from an album of drawings and watercolours (PAI4289) formerly owned, and possibly made, by the renowned antiquarian of Kent and churchman the Rev. Thomas Streatfeild (1777-1848). The album is inscribed on the frontispiece by a later owner, and with a variant spelling: ‘Rev. T. Streatfield / 1777-1848 / Sketchbook of shipboard scenes’.

The present album of pencil drawings and watercolours represents a departure from the sobriety of Streatfeild’s activities as a curate and antiquarian. It begins with a few pencil studies: a bridge, trees and animals, but is largely made up of a group of scenes aboard ship, presumably taken from life. The collected vignettes and caricatures offer a humorous glimpse of life on board ship, as passengers find their sea-legs and the crew carry out their duties. Curiously, none of the drawings include any suggestion of a port or coastline, or any other indication of where the ship was sailing from or to. However, it seems likely that the images record the voyage of a packet boat crossing the English Channel or North Sea.

The album remained with Streatfeild’s descendants until purchased by the Museum in 1969.

A deck scene with a man being seasick over the ship's rail
Date 1820
date QS:P571,+1820-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions Sheet: 59 x 111 mm
Source/Photographer http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/154253
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id number: PAI4313
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