Amusment [sic] for John Bull, or, The flying camp [graphic] / IC [monogram].

[London] : Pubd. by J. Aickin [sic], No. 13 Castle Street, Leicester Fields, July 24, 1792.

1 print : etching ; plate mark 316 x 393 mm, on sheet 33 x 42 cm

laid paper.

Title etched below image.

"Spectators watch military manoeuvres in the air. The sky is covered with camps, marching men, and galloping cavalry, some are in military formation, others are single figures. There are tents and marquees with wings; a man beats a drum, three orientals wearing turbans race through the air beating cymbals. In the foreground (left) spectators on horseback look up in amazement, one horse throws its rider; geese, goslings, and pigs are under the horses' feet. On the right the King and Queen sit together on a bank; the King gazing through a small telescope, the Queen looking at him with delighted astonishment. In front of them is a gate over which two officers mounted on winged cannon are gracefully leaping, a third soars into the air."--British Museum online catalogue.

English

July 11, 2007

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, no. 8116