He won't be a soldier [graphic]

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Title: He won't be a soldier [graphic]
Creator: Schütz, Heinrich Joseph, 1760-1822, printmaker
Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Ackermann and Co., publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1798]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub. May 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Abstract: Scene at the door of a cottage. Two soldiers on horseback talk to a young couple in the door of a cottage. The young man scratches his head as the woman looks down demurely. A kid plays with the large goat. An obese rustic sits on the bench near the door smoking a pipe and holding a large pitcher in his hand. A dog sleeps at his feet
Description: Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate.
Companion print to: She Will Be A Soldier. See British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "No. 2" above title.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii.
Extent: 1 print : design 23.9 x 30 cm, with border 33 x 40 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Aquatints England London 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching & aquatint ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Dwellings
Goats
Horses
Soldiers
British
Recruiting & enlistment
Subjects: Dwellings
Goats
Horses
Soldiers > British
Recruiting & enlistment
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

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