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1. He would be a soldier, &c. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- August 1st, 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.08.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item.
- Publisher:
- Printed for J. Smith, No. 35, Cheapside, and R. Sayer, and J. Bennett, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Subject (Topic):
- Soldiers, British, and Military uniforms
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > He would be a soldier, &c. [graphic]
2. Recruits [graphic]
- Creator:
- Watson, Thomas, 1750-1781, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1780]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 13. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire: a group of new recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune', the sign showing a one-legged old soldier, while a young woman sells vegetables from a basket; the head of a grinning man appears behind her below the inn sign."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.47., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "2" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Drilling recruits -- Recruits -- Sergeant -- Signboards: 'The Old Fortune' (Of War) -- Street scenes., and Mounted on page 13 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Saint James's Palace (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, Military officers, Soldiers, Recruiting & enlistment, Taverns (Inns), and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Recruits [graphic]
3. The fair stationer in Hyde Park 1780 A distant view of Coll. Sloans Mess House &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.00.00.139+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "View of a row of tents and temporary shelters, one with the sign "Lloyds Coffee House", a group of four ladies outside, in foreground to right four children play, trees in background on left, a building in distance on right."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Imprint and subtitle partially burnished from plate?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge., Fourth plate from the first of two sets of semi-comic small etchings, each set comprised of ten plates. Plates from this first set are numbered in Roman numerals in lower right, and the British Museum enters the plates as 'Ten Views of Encampments in Hyde-Park and Black-Heath (first series)' based on the title of the first plate in the second set. For further information, see Curator's comments for museum number 1904,0819.620 in the British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "IIII" in lower right corner.
- Publisher:
- Publishd. as the act directs by P. Sandby
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military camps, British, Military life, Soldiers, Children, Tents, and Canteens (Facilities)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fair stationer in Hyde Park 1780 A distant view of Coll. Sloans Mess House &c. / [graphic]
4. The triumphant Britons [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [8 March 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.03.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bayonet charge of British soldiers (right) against Spaniards and Frenchmen (left). The Spaniards, wearing feathered hats, are fleeing unarmed. A thin Frenchman dressed as a petit-maitre staggers back in alarm, his arms outstretched, one hand on the shoulder of an equally terrified Spaniard. A Spaniard in cloak and slashed doublet has fallen to the ground and tries to shelter behind the Frenchman; coins apparently from his pockets lie on the ground beside him. The British advancing with bayonets are led by an officer who holds a sword raised to strike; a soldier holds a British flag."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 8th, 1780, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Soldiers, British, Military standards, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The triumphant Britons [graphic].