Christmas on Board a British Battleship, 1894
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Christmas on Board a British Battleship, 1894
Engraving showing the scene on the deck of a Royal Navy Warship in the Mediterranean, at Christmas. The women have come onto the warship to sell figs, nuts, apples, shellfish and other delicacies to the crew. They were known as bumboat women due to the nature of their trading craft; the character Buttercup in the opera HMS Pinafore being the most famous of these peddlars. The warships mascot, Bruin the bear, is seen taking an interest in proceedings; prior to obtaining some of the wares
Media ID 4384161
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
1894 Battle Ship Bear Character Craft Crew Deck Delicacies Figs Interest Mascot Mediterranean Nuts Obtaining Opera Prior Proceedings Sell Shell Fish Taking Trading War Ship Wares
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