Thomas Rowlandson’s print "Portsmouth Point"

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Thomas Rowlandson’s print "Portsmouth Point" is a lively satirical engraving depicting the bustling, rowdy life of sailors and dockside characters in the English port of Portsmouth.

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Thomas Rowlandson’s print "Portsmouth Point" canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf engraving ⓘ
satirical print ⓘ
artForm printmaking ⓘ
artist Thomas Rowlandson ⓘ
associatedWith British maritime culture ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Thomas Rowlandson ⓘ
creatorNationality British ⓘ
depicts Portsmouth ⓘ
bustling street ⓘ
crowded quayside ⓘ
dockside life ⓘ
drinking ⓘ
naval life ⓘ
prostitutes ⓘ
rowdy behavior ⓘ
sailors ⓘ
sailors disembarking ⓘ
sailors embarking ⓘ
sailors’ revelry ⓘ
seaport ⓘ
ships in harbor ⓘ
tavern scene ⓘ
genre caricature ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasInfluenced William Walton’s orchestral overture "Portsmouth Point" ⓘ
hasTitle Portsmouth Point ⓘ
hasWorkType single-sheet print ⓘ
intendedAudience print-buying public in London ⓘ
language none (image) ⓘ
locationOfSetting Portsmouth, England ⓘ
medium engraving ⓘ
movement British caricature tradition ⓘ
narrativeFocus chaotic departure of sailors ⓘ
portrays lower-class urban life ⓘ
pre‑industrial port city ⓘ
seafaring community ⓘ
style comic exaggeration ⓘ
narrative crowd scene ⓘ
subjectMatter British Navy ⓘ
linked to: Royal Navy

maritime life ⓘ
port town ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted late 18th century Portsmouth ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
satirical ⓘ

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