A Margate packet

description below

“The crowded cabin tilts to the right, to the dismay of a family party dining at a table in the foreground. There is a second table in the background with a meal in progress. The cabin is bordered on left and right by two tiers of berths, apparently for two persons, set in panelling, and with curtains festooned along the upper edge. These are filled by suffering travellers. A bench runs along the front of the berths; other passengers sit on camp-stools. Phases of misery, discomfort, resignation, and (by exception) complacency are realistically illustrated. A sailor pushes a mop-stick through an open hatch in the roof.”–British Museum online catalogue.

  • Title: A Margate packet [graphic] : the effects of a squall, or a sudden shift of ballast / drawn by a Naval Officer.
  • Published: [London] : Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James’s Str., London, Novr 6th, 1821.

Catalog Record

821.11.06.01

Acquired September 2023

Margate!!! : or sketches amply descriptive of that celebrated place…

 

printed title page

  • Author: Pilkington, Mrs. (Mary), 1766-1839.
  • Title: Margate!!! : or sketches amply descriptive of that celebrated place of resort, with its environs, and calculated to inculcate in the mind of youth a fondness for the productions nature and art. / by Mrs. Pilkington.
  • Publication: London : Printed for J. Harris, at the Juvenile Library, corner of St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1813.
  • Manufacture: [London] : H. Bryer, printer, Bridge-Street, Blackfriars, London.

Catalog Record

64 M33 813

Acquired May 2022