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The city train'd bands recruiting serjeant
Title
The city train'd bands recruiting serjeant [graphic].
Publication
[London] : Pub. accorg. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand, Sepr. 2d, 1773.
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; plate mark 17.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 44.4 x 28 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Tricorne -- Pictures amplifying subject -- Wooden legs -- Male costume: Greatcoats -- Halberds -- Gaiters -- City trained bands -- Recruiting serjeants -- Guns.
Notes
Title etched below image.
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "14" in upper right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Summary
"Social satire: two men, one with a wooden leg, the other a dwarf, standing before a civilian seated at a table with sword and pike."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
City trained bands recruiting serjeant
City trainbands recruiting serjeant
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 07, 2019
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1773.
Etchings - England - London - 1773.
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