A portrait [graphic]Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker[12 May 1796]eng"Sir David Dundas on horseback, in profile to the left, drills a line of cavalry at some distance. He holds a gold-headed cane in place of a whip and sits his horse in the manner of a bad rider. His foot is thrust forward so that his boot projects beyond the animal's chest (cf. Nos. 7233, 7242); he holds the curb rein only, and this is merely placed between his hand and the cane; the snaffle lies on the horse's neck. The animal is clumsy, with shaggy fetlocks. Under the saddle is a leopard-skin. Dundas is on rising ground above the level of the soldiers who are drawn up facing some tents."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same compositionTitle etched below image.Thomas Adams is one of the pseudonyms used by Gillray. See British Museum catalogue.Earlier state of No. 11256 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature and imprint. Printmaker and imprint from impression in the New York Historical Society collection.Temporary local subject terms: Horsemanship -- Military camps -- Military manoeuvres: cavalry drill -- Military uniforms: Quartermaster general, Horse Guards.1 print : etching & stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.9 x 40.8 cm.Sheet trimmed within plate mark on lower edge.Mounted on leaf 64a (i.e. verso of leaf 63) of volume 6 of 12.