1873 Wood Engraving Charles Wynne Nicholls Art Mastheaded Midshipman Navy YTG6 Tobacciana - Tobacco Ads produced by Cliff Reid

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This is an original 1931 black and white photogravure of a Modern art style painting by Amedeo Modigliani entitled

in the province of Connacht

This is an original 1903 black and white relief line-block print of the city of Maestricht in the Netherlands

1873 Wood Engraving Charles Wynne Nicholls Art Mastheaded Midshipman Navy YTG6 Tobacciana - Tobacco Ads produced by Cliff Reid"Mast Headed A Middy in Disgrace" This is an original 1873 black and white double page wood engraving of a painting by Charles Wynne Nicholls (1831 1903) that portrays a young midshipman in the British Royal Navy being "mast headed", (a form of naval punishment that allowed officers to sent a sailor to the top of the mast to stay there until the officer decided to let them down), aboard a sailing ship during the Victorian era. CONDITION This 140+ year