Sketches of John & George from home / by John Cowell Junr., expressly for his brother dot.
Published / Created:
Ware, Hertfordshire, June 25th, 1842.
Physical Description:
1 volume (17 leaves) : illustrations ; 34 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
John Cowell Junior is mentioned as a maltster in the Hertford Mercury and Reformer of 20th October 1849. His father John Cowell was also a maltster in Ware.
Contents:
[1] Drawing of the flags of England and France -- [2] Title leaf -- [3] Introductory verse -- [4] Drawing of the stern of a British warship, titled "Strength at Sea" -- [5] Drawing of a cliff face: "England's pride. George is climbing Shakspeare [sic] and John stays at his toe" -- [6] Two drawings of the English and French coasts, with short verse -- [7] Drawing of a two-masted sailing ship on a rocky sea, with verse "George and John without their cares, at sea with Folkstone hovellers" -- [8] A set of four drawings, Morning, Noon, Afternoon, and Night, showing a masted and steam driven "mail packet" crossing the channel and "lying copper bare" in Calais harbor -- [6] Drawing of the packet at sea, 23rd Sept. [18]41 -- [9] Drawing of a stormy harbor scene, laid in, "The Pilot's happiness" -- [10] Drawing of "The Essex coast," depicting a harbor and pier, with verse below: "John and Emma's on the sea of life, Josiah is a shore - sure, that Betsy is the craft for him, And George's a jolly Tar" -- [11] Manuscript text regarding the art of drawing -- [12] Drawing of the bow of a paddle steamer, with figurehead, and boy leaning over the side, a flag with wording: "The John, Capt. George"; verse below: "Here you are, Brother Tar, Right a head, The steamer" -- [13] Drawing of a boat in stormy seas -- [14] Drawing of a naval training "brig" [?], with verse below about learning to sail a gale -- [15] Drawing of a paddle steamer in a storm off a harbour, with caption: "We, going Out to Sea - Little George and Johnie" -- [16] Drawing of a French paddle steamer, with caption: "French Boys/Bouys and Girls/Gulls at Sea" -- [17] Manuscript text extolling the virtues of study.
Subject Terms:
Cowell, John. | Cowell, George. | Boats and boating -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Steamboats -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Ships -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Harbors -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works. | Harbors -- France -- Pictorial works. | Seafaring life -- Great Britain -- Pictorial works.