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The Pinafore Picture Book: the Story of H.M.S. Pinafore

Chapter 6: COLOUR PLATES
By W. S. Gilbert
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A comic tale set aboard a well-loved naval vessel, where a kindly captain encourages music and congeniality among his crew. Romantic attachment between a high-spirited young woman and a lowly sailor collides with the ambitions of a self-important political appointee, while a long-buried secret about a childhood exchange complicates loyalties and rank. Swift, witty episodes expose pretension, celebrate earnest feeling, and mock rigid class distinctions through songs, mistaken identities, and farcical confrontations, resolving in revelations that reorder relationships and restore conviviality and social equilibrium aboard the ship.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

COLOUR PLATES

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Ralph Rackstraw in the Rigging Frontispiece
In short, he did everything possible to make everybody on Board thoroughly ill and happy 2
“I know who takes Sugar-plums to Bed with him” 14
Sir Joseph Porter was one of the many People who had fallen a Victim to the Beauty of Miss Josephine Corcoran 24
“My gallant Crew, Good Morning!” 28
The good Captain was distressed to see his dear Daughter in this bilious Frame of Mind 34
Luncheon in the Wardroom 50
So She came on Deck to indulge in a Rêverie all alone 58
So saying, with tell-tale Tears streaming down her Face, she strode magnificently to her Cabin 64
Her short and snappish Replies to Sir Joseph’s pretty Speeches at Dinner 72
Little Buttercup and the Captain 80
“What are you trying to do?” said Sir Joseph 90
“Deadeye!” said the Captain, “You here? Don’t!” 100
A Couple of Marines marched him off under the Command of the smallest Midshipman in the Ship 112
“I mixed those Children up” 118
Corcoran presented blushing little Buttercup to Sir Joseph, who gave her Sixpence on the spot 126

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

Headpiece to Chapter I 1
Little Buttercup 9
Headpiece to Chapter II 22
Sir Joseph Porter and his Female Relations 38
“I polished up the handle of the big front door” 42
Headpiece to Chapter III 57
Dick Deadeye dipped into the Flour-bin 67
Headpiece to Chapter IV 70
“Madam, it has been represented to me that you are appalled at my exalted rank” 97
“Naughty daughter of mine, I insist upon knowing” 107
Captain Rackstraw tries to catch sight of his Epaulettes 122
The End 131