REDBURN From Man to Boy – His First Voyage – A Filmscript - 6. Redburn Text Notes

Redburn Text Endnotes

[1] Hudson River ferries: the “St. John,” 1840s:

https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4r1MYWJrZAo/TtOP-E5CmpI/AAAAAAAAAVs/MsJmcvhge8I/s1600/Hudson+River+Steamboat+ST.+JOHN+-Currier+and+Ives+Print.jpg

The “Francis Skiddy,” 1859:

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/36/44/1d/36441dd5d5a6398eef3cc81e0c31f63a.jpg

[2] Redburn’s red shooting jacket: is the same in detail to this example, except Redburn’s has horn buttons and is square in the front (i.e., not a ‘cut-away’ example as in the pictures):

https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0011/654725/MA46105548-Hunting-coat.jpg

https://www.nma.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0009/734724/MA46106401-Hunting-coat.jpg

[3] The Battery and environs of lower Manhattan, 1830s:

https://h7.alamy.com/comp/3/1f944dc5cf95411d84e548a546f92d4a/2ba445p.jpg

https://media.wnyc.org/i/800/552/l/80/2020/05/800px-Park_Row_and_Park_Theatre.jpg

Hustlers of the Bowery, 1830s:

https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/boweryhydrant.jpg

[4] The Highlander of New York: When Melville wrote “Redburn” there had never been a ship registered in New York under the name Highlander. The book became one of his best sellers, and the keel of the Highlander illustrated below was laid in the Brooklyn Shipyards within a matter of months after the 1849 release of Redburn. It is more than probable this vessel was named in tribute to the fictional Highlander. As per Melville, her figurehead was named Donald, and outfitted remarkably like the author's description. A very similar figurehead from another vessel survives; see the next illustration.

“The Highlander of New York” by Louis Roux:

https://imgc.artprintimages.com/img/print/highlander-of-new-york_u-l-e81yy0.jpg?h=900&p=0&w=900

Figurehead of the 1855 Donald McKay:

https://newenglandnomad2015.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_01761.jpg?w=490

[5] Cased fowling piece: English examples from about 1805:

https://www.christies.com/lotfinderimages/D54592/a_cased_34-bore_double-barrelled_percussion_sporting_rifle_by_j_purdey_d5459286g.jpg

https://images.bidsquare.com/item/l/9518/95183.jpeg?t=1ENuki

[6] Nug: rough term of endearment from man to boy (like ‘kiddo,’ ‘bugger’ or ‘sport’).

[7] Arrival in England: “Port of Liverpool” by Samuel Walters, 1836:

https://www.shipspottersteve.com/uploads/1/6/9/2/16921916/wp-20150502-14-58-48-pro-2_orig.jpg

[8] Dutchie’s ‘Baltimore Clipper’ dance music: Bach’s Gigue in G, BWV 577:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsYwi8FP2E4

[9] The Exchange: Liverpool’s cruising grounds:

http://streetsofliverpool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/Exchange-2.jpg

[10] American Teen sporting Harry and Redburn’s ‘London’ look, early 1840s (author’s collection):

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/25/05/76/2505766c33f7779ccf4343bdf5ad136a.jpg

Harry and Redburn’s silk plaid vest: 1840s example:

https://1tq45j21k9qr27g1703pgsja-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ma-29932.jpg

[11] Fancy boy: hustler; young male sex worker.

[12] Toffer: a superior sexual service provider.

[13] Indorser: a passionate lover. Festival night: sex-worker’s hours of operation. A wedding night: a romantic sexual date.

[14] An 1834 railway carriage:

https://blog.railwaymuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bodmin-carriage.jpg?w=507

[15] Flavor of “The Club”: London’s ‘Reform Club’ in 1841:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Reform_Club._Upper_level_of_the_saloon._From_London_Interiors_%281841%29_%28cropped%29.jpg

[16] The Telamones supports in ‘The Club’: Leo von Klenze’s examples for the Hermitage in St. Petersburg:

https://www.thenationalnews.com/image/policy:1.320990:1499472910/image/jpeg.jpg?f=16x9&w=1200&$p$f$w=dfa40e8

https://previews.123rf.com/images/rostislavv/rostislavv1210/rostislavv121000229/15840332-atlas-titan-who-held-up-the-celestial-sphere-statue-1846-at-entrance-of-new-hermitage-st-petersburg.jpg

‘The Club’s’ sofas, based on Kedleston Hall examples:

Overall view:

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/19/d9/20/2c/the-kedleston-drawing.jpg

http://images.ntpl.org.uk/hppa-zooms/00000000658/cms_108607_1.bro

End support:

http://images.ntpl.org.uk/hppa-zooms/00000000658/cms_108608_1_2_.bro

[17] The Stairway Paintings “Hercules and Telephus”:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Hercules-and-telephus.jpg

“Chiron and Achilles”:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Chiron_instructs_young_Achilles_-_Ancient_Roman_fresco.jpg

[18] Three shades of snuff for reference:

https://ramsay.arthistory.wisc.edu/static/Snuff.jpg

[19] Monkey jacket:

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0050/1275/0447/products/double-breasted-sailor-jacket_sj-159_web_p1730561_1_2400x.jpg?v=1571714811

[20] Husband: a regular client who favors a particular hustler over all others, and who may make the arrangement semi-permanent and exclusive; analogous to situations where men provide housing and income to a beloved mistress. This term, along with all the others in this series, comes from Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London 1823 – a slang guide full of Gay terms. An unabridged facsimile is available here:

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bJc-AAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

[21] The Hustler’s neck scarf: Melville relays in graphic tones that the young man’s neckwear is soiled – with what, he does not explicitly say – but he adds suggestively that it: “looked as if it were going to seed.” (Chapter 4)

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