Cook

No.4.; Hand-coloured. Depicts clothing, outerwear: dress, cook's [Royal navy]

Ship's cooks were usually disabled seamen but were ranked as warrant officers. They were not appointed for their culinary skills, but produced the seaman's standard diet of boiled beef or pork and the ubiquitous ship's biscuit. This cook is wearing the typical cook's dress of the Royal Navy. For the preparatory drawing see PAF5940.

Object Details

ID: PAF4969
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Ackermann, Rudolph; Merke, Henri Rowlandson, Thomas
Date made: 15 Feb 1799
Exhibition: Nelson, Navy, Nation
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
Measurements: Mount: 266 mm x 210 mm
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