print;
satirical print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1857,1114.37
- Title
- Object: Willing Hands for India.
- Description
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A recruiting sargent holding a flag, waving his hat, enlisting farm workers as soldiers to fight in India, approaching from left, carrying agricultural tools; horses drawing a hay cart downhill behind; group of recruited soldiers at right; double line bordering the image; illustration from 'Punch' (29 August 1857); after John Tenniel. 1857
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1857
- Dimensions
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Height: 247 millimetres (border)
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Width: 390 millimetres (border)
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Indian Rebellion 1857
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Punch, or the London Charivari
- Acquisition date
- 1857
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1857,1114.37