Crossing the Tropic, A scene depicting an event which happened on board a merchant vessel. A seaman represents Neptune, in an amusing incident. Image taken from West India Scenery, with illustrations of negro character, the process of making sugar, &c, from sketches taken during a voyage to, and residence of seven years in, the island of Trinidad. Plates, with accompanying text.. Originally published in R. Jennings & Co.: London, 1836?. Author Richard Bridgens, Illustrated by Richard Bridgens.