Published 12th April. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Description
Title engraved below image. Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library. Plate numbered '231' in lower right corner. From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls. Four lines of verse in two columns below title: "I'll list for a soldier!" said Robin to Sue, / To avoid those eternal disputes ... Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: cottages -- Military uniforms -- Military musicians: drummer boy -- Fifer boy -- Cuckolds -- Recruiting -- Recruits -- Officer -- Children: babies.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 20.1 x 25 cm, on sheet 24 x 30 cm
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