"Turkish soldiers, scattered over a wide parade-ground, are being instructed in squads, groups, and as individuals, by French officers. In the foreground a Turkish potentate, the Sultan or perhaps the Grand Vizier, leans against the stump of a tree, ...
Description:
Title engraved below image, in two lines.
Publisher:
Published April 3rd, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808
Subject (Topic):
Austro-Turkish War, 1788-1790, Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, Black people, Clothing & dress, Turkish, Daggers & swords, Hats, Forts & fortifications, Military inspections, Military officers, French, Military training, Military uniforms, Pipes (Smoking), Tableware, Rifles, Soldiers, and Enslaved people
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 October 1778]
Call Number:
778.10.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A crowd of visitors on the right are shown approaching the military camps at Coxheath indicated on the left with tents and cannon. The crowd, preceded by a barking dog, is chiefly comprised of women, led by a prostitute in pseudo-military garb who is ...
Alternative Title:
Trip to Coxheath
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 28 1778 by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Crowds, Military uniforms, British, Military training, Courtesans, Wheelbarrows, Dogs, and Clothing & dress
A series in four rows in three segments (some with a second figure in distance) of images of soldiers demonstrating the military drills with rifle and bayonets, beginning with "Dress to the right. 1st poise firelock, 2nd cock firelock ... 11th ram dow...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by C. Cooke, No. 17 Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Bayonets, Military training, Rifles, Soldiers, and British
"One of a set of four, and a companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7177. A party of unsoldierly Dutch ragamuffins practises firing at the figure of a Prussian soldier (right) chalked on a high stone wall. They stand on the brink of a ditch clo...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 18th, 1787 by T. Harmar, No. 164 (opposite Bond Street) Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands
Subject (Topic):
Foreign public opinion, Great Britain, Ethnic Stereotypes, Crowds, Weapons, Firearms, Frogs, Trumpets, Pipes (Smoking), and Military training
A military-drill aid, dissected into twelve panels, providing a step-by-step pictorial guide to basic infantry exercises 'as practised by His Majesty's Army'. The whole consists of two separate evolutions: 'Manual Exercise' in eight steps, which invol...
Description:
Title and imprint statement from plate.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military education, Military training, and British
A military-drill aid, dissected into twelve panels, providing a step-by-step pictorial guide to basic infantry exercises 'as practised by His Majesty's Army'. The whole consists of two separate evolutions: 'Manual Exercise' in eight steps, which invol...
Description:
Title and imprint statement from plate.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military education, Military training, and British
"A mounted officer of the Norfolk rangers, his blued sword drawn, a Tarleton helmet on his head, in green uniform with black facings and silver lace, a sword-belt across his chest and a sash about his waist, other members of the corps exercising in th...
Description:
Title from dedication etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Decr. 1, 1799, for the proprietors by Egerton, Whitehall
Subject (Geographic):
Norfolk (England)
Subject (Name):
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Militia, Army, Volunteers, Military officers, Military uniforms, Cavalry, and Military training
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and ki...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and ki...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs
