Plate 1 of 'The Progress of a Midshipman exemplified in the career of Master Blockhead' shows a boy in midshipman's uniform with his family while his sea-chest is prepared for the West Indies, ancestral naval portraits hang behind. Based on the life of the English novelist Captain Frederick Marryat.

• Keywords
  CARICATURES, NAVY, SEAMEN, UNIFORMS, GEORGIAN PERIOD, FAMILIES, TOYS, CHILDREN
• Persons keyword
  George Cruikshank, Captain Frederick Marryat