A Scilly Curate, tasting milk and water
Watercolour sketch of a clergyman in a black coat, sipping from a cup inscribed ‘Milk & Water’. A speech bubble from his mouth is inscribed: ‘Tis Creation of the Bile / I don’t like it’. A further inscription beneath the image reads ‘A Scilly Curate, tasting Milk & Water’. The date ‘1791’ is inscribed at the bottom of the page.
The sketch is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by British naval officer Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844) during the late 1780s and the 1790s. The majority relate to his service as a lieutenant in ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90, in ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93 and in ‘Queen’ in 1793–96. Included are portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat. This sketch is mounted on the same page as PAH4909.
The sketch is part of an album containing fifty-seven drawings (PAH4886–PAH4943) created by British naval officer Aiskew Paffard Hollis (1764–1844) during the late 1780s and the 1790s. The majority relate to his service as a lieutenant in ‘Pegase’ in 1785–90, in ‘Andromeda’ in 1790–93 and in ‘Queen’ in 1793–96. Included are portraits of Hollis’s shipmates, as well as scenes of everyday life ashore and afloat. This sketch is mounted on the same page as PAH4909.