having served in the British navy and in the colonies' state navies, as well as on merchant vessels in the North and the South. This sailor's dress uniform suggests that he served in the navy ...

A uniform used by a local sailor to trick his way out of prison ... widely across Napoleon’s Empire to enforce an embargo on British trade He kept the clothing as a souvenir of his daring ...

The nautical fashion trend became popular in 1846 after Queen Victoria had a child’s sailor uniform made on board the royal yacht for her son Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. The Leeds Discovery ...