• Title
  Captain Dick Demi-Solde on a Wild Goose Flight to the Swan River. / S. Stoutshanks Inpt. et fecit
• Creator
  S. Stoutshanks
• Call number
  SV*/Cart/10
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1829
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  442184
• Physical Description
  Prints - 1 lithograph - 23.7 x 37.4 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  A group of men [soldiers?] mounted on swans flying over ships and water. From a trumpet held by man on the far left of image is the dialogue text, "Wild Goose a hoy! lower / your Studding Sails and / heave to! I Want company / for a long voyage". The central figure, comprising a man dressed in military uniform with a tricorn hat and telescope, has the text "Ex patria volamus"
• General note
  
  The print is a caricature of the Duke of Wellington.
  Digital order no:a6428001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled on margin beneath image.
  Artist's details at lower right on image.
  Beneath title, "Pubd. by S. Gans. 15 Southampton St. Strand"
• Topic
  cartoons
  explorers
  satire
  swans
  
• Place
  Swan River (W.A.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3324643

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