An East Devon smuggler called Jack
One evening came under attack.
But he proved himself wily
In behaving most slyly.
Of escaping he’d developed the knack.
© Michael Downes 2014
This painting by Peter Goodhall (b.1957) is part of Fairlynch Museum’s art collection. It is entitled‘A Revenue Cutter Apprehends the Smuggler Jack Rattenbury off Budleigh Salterton.’
A fuller commentary on the work will be published in due course.
© the artist Photo credit: Fairlynch Museum