An extraordinary scene on the road from London to Portsmouth, or, An instance of unexampled speed used by a body of guards ... [graphic]Schütz, Heinrich Joseph, 1760-1822, printmaker[12 July 1798]eng"Troops, crowded in carts, &c, approach Portsmouth, where distant ships are at anchor. In the foreground are country carts drawn by soldiers at a gallop. Other soldiers are in and on a coach, the 'Portsmouth Fly'; a drum and fife are being played on the roof; large flags float from the windows. This is followed by officers in a perch phaeton. Young women take leave of soldiers. A drummer gallops on a donkey with a young bandsman in each pannier. In the middle distance, besides other vehicles, are two of the new four-horsed conveyances for soldiers, who sit as in an Irish jaunting-car, see BMSat 9238. In the foreground (right) is the corner of a small thatched ale-house, 'The Jolly Soldier'. An old soldier with a wooden leg sits fiddling at the door, while the host and his family wave farewell."--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Two lines of text below title: ... consisting of 1920 rank & file, besides officers, who on the 10th of June, 1798, left London ...Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Mounted on leaf 76 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.