Measuring substitutes for the Army of Reserve [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[1805]eng"A justice-room in an old-fashioned country house with uncurtained mullioned window (right), raftered roof from which hangs a wicker bird-cage, and a truckle-bed turned up against the wall (left). A smart officer measures the height of a small thin yokel in a smock, under the inspection of a fat old justice, a similar old man wearing spectacles and in uniform, and a clerk, all seated at a small table. In the doorway stands a fat and pompous constable holding a staff and keeping back a crowd of countrymen who wait their turn outside the door. On the wall behind the measuring-post is a placard: 'Subtitutes [sic] for the Army of Reserve 30 Per Man Bounty.'"--British Museum online catalogueTitle etched below image.Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title from bottom edge. Title supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1981,U.253.For an apparent reissue dated 1815, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 295-6.Title written in ink in a contemporary hand below image.Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.