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Description: | A lad who ran away to join the navy has returned, surprising his family. Boys as young as ten went to sea as cabin boys in the mid 19th century. A model ship on the mantlepiece and a picture of a ship at sea are references to the sailor's voyages. The picture is packed with the detail of cottage life, such as the little girl's high chair with her purse and hat. The everyday-life subject and the story-telling element of the picture are characteristic of paintings by the London artist Joseph Clark. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East buildings | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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