British soldiers drowning care [graphic].

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Title: British soldiers drowning care [graphic].
Contributor: Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
Published / Created: [20 November 1794]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published Novr. 20th, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, London
Abstract: Social satire; officers in a tent around a table drink red wine, or punch from a bowl, smoke pipes and sing; one on the right has his arm in a sling, another waves his hat. Through the opening of the tent on the right, in the background are mounted soldiers and the British flag, and on the floor is a cannon and shot; below the image is the text of a song
Description: Publication information from a copy in the British Museum online catalogue. See BM Registration number 2010,7081.860.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of song verse and imprint.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 31.0 x 27.0 cm
Language: English

Genre: Songs
Genre prints
Mezzotints England London 1794
Material: mezzotint ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Topic): Alcoholic beverages
Glassware
Interiors
Military camps
British
Military life
Soldiers
Tents
Wine
Subjects: Alcoholic beverages
Glassware
Interiors
Military camps > British
Military life > British
Soldiers > British
Tents > Great Britain
Wine
England > London > 1794

Access: Public
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