"Design in two rows of eight sections, with 15 figures demonstrating a salute with the half-pike; at top, the title in an oval decorated with arms, and figures numbered 1-7, below, figures numbered 1-8 ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson., One of two folding plates to John Blackwell's A compendium of military discipline., Caption in the oval at the left: The several postures of [the] salute wth [sic] [the] half-pike. Describ'ed from order & on [the] long march, as it is practis'd in [the] Artillery Company of [the ] City of London. By Jon. Blackwell adjutant and clerk., Companion print to: Exercise for the Halberd., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 439. Blackwell's figure in all, 26. Note below print: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort., and On page 44 in volume 1.
Publisher:
John Blackwell
Subject (Name):
England and Wales. Army. Honourable Artillery Company of London.