Content: Printed on border: "The cook had just made for us a mess of hot 'scouse' .. This was a rare treat, and I, being the last at the galley, had it put in my charge to carry down for the mess. I got along very well as far as the hatchway, and was just getting down the steps, when a heavy sea, lifting the stern out of water, and passing forward, dropping it down again, threw the steps from their place, and I came down into the steerage a little faster than I meant to, with the kid on top of me, and the whole precious mess scattered over the floor."
Source Note: The cyclopedia of wit and humor, containing choice and characteristic selections from the writings of the most eminent humorists of America, Ireland, Scotland, and England. (New York : Appleton, 1857) Burton, William E. (William Evans) (1802-1860), Author.
Content: Written on border: "Illus. for 'Two years before the mast " Includes additional text.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 11 x 14 cm (4 x 5 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17959630
Barcode: 33333159485800
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8a202010-c52e-012f-bf69-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1857

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Man falling down a ladder and spilling a container of food" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a202010-c52e-012f-bf69-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1857). Man falling down a ladder and spilling a container of food Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a202010-c52e-012f-bf69-58d385a7bc34

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Man falling down a ladder and spilling a container of food" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8a202010-c52e-012f-bf69-58d385a7bc34

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