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Billy Waters
Billy Waters was born in America and lost his leg when a seaman in the 'Ganymede', sloop, under (later Sir) J. Purves, as a result of falling from her topsail yard. The print may be engraved in reverse if ZBA2427 correcty shows him as having lost his right leg.
This work was published for Busby by Baldwin & Co., Paternoster Row and at the Artist's Depository, 21 Charlotte Streer, Fitzroy Square.
This work was published for Busby by Baldwin & Co., Paternoster Row and at the Artist's Depository, 21 Charlotte Streer, Fitzroy Square.
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Object Details
| ID: | ZBA2696 |
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| Collection: | Special collections |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Busby, T. L.; Baldwin & Co. |
| Date made: | 1 November 1819 |
| Exhibition: | Nelson, Navy, Nation |
| People: | Busby, T. L.; Baldwin & Co. Waters, Billy |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Michael Graham-Stewart Slavery Collection. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 227 mm x 192 mm; Image: 227 mm x 192 mm |
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