print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1864,1210.593
- Title
- Object: A recruiting party
- Description
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Plate 64 to 'Eccentric Excursions, or. Literary & Pictorial sketches of Countenance, Character and Country, in ..... England & South Wales'. A recruiting sergeant stands with his sword against his right shoulder, left hand holding up a purse before two yokels (right), at whom he is shouting. They gape back, and a dog stares up at the soldier. Behind the sergeant are a drummer-boy, beating his drum, and a rather taller boy blowing a fife. The soldiers are Grenadiers. Said to be a recruiting party met by Woodward in Cirencester. 18 February 1797
Etching
- Production date
- 1797
- Dimensions
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Height: 260 millimetres
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Width: 199 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1864
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1864,1210.593