Naval punishment of cobbing (thrashing) for ruining a meal. Johnny is beaten with a stick over the mess table for adding salt to the pudding. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by W. Read after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Alfred Burton's The Adventures of Johnny Newcombe in the Navy, Simpkin, London, 1818.

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