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Image: Lubber's-hole, -alias- the crack'd Jordan (BM 1851,0901.552)

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Description: A large chamber-pot, cracked, stands (left) supported by the legs of Mrs. Jordan. The Duke of Clarence has thrust his head and shoulders within a fissure in the 'Jordan', singing a chanty, "Yeo! Yee! Yeo!" He is in back view and wears striped sailor's trousers; his naval coat with its star hangs on the wall (right). See BMSat 7835, &c. 1 November 1791 Hand-coloured etching
Title: Lubber's-hole, -alias- the crack'd Jordan
Credit: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-552
Author: Print made by: James Gillray Published by: Hannah Humphrey
Permission: © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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