λ A hand-coloured lithographic print

λ A hand-coloured lithographic print, titled 'THE DEFENDER OF THE PORTE A BRITISH LION ON THE LOOKOUT FOR A RUSSIAN BEAR' and inscribed 'Drawn from Life by R. Evan Sly Lower Charlton. Kent.' and 'Printed by C. Moody 257 Holborn', depicting a British sailor on watch, his head of sculpted paste or bread, with a grotesque expression and bulging glass eyes, holding a sword and a pistol, in a glazed rosewood box with a gilt slip, inscribed 'CRIMEA. 1854.', 33.6 x 28.8cm.