A young woman presumably a prostitute, bare breasted and with a dejected look on her face, is being led up the steps of a building by a beadle or constable, her head bowed in shame. Her infant has been left in the arms of an older woman, stands at the base of the stairs ont he right. Another, older child, seated on a lower step in the foreground, looks up at the scene. The building has barred windows
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Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower right: T. Rowlandson., and Date supplied by cataloger.
A light infrantryman dressed in full uniform executes a drill with his flintlock. The caption from the published plate reads: ... the right hand is brought sharp to seize the flintlock at the top of the left shoulder keeping the body square & elbows close
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Title from print based on this drawing and later published in a volme by Rowlandson. and For further information, consult library staff.