Seapoys of the 3d Battalion at Bombay. [graphic]

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Title: Seapoys of the 3d Battalion at Bombay. [graphic]
Contributor: Darly, M. publisher.
Published / Created: [22 October 1773]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. accorg. to act, Octr. 22, 1773, by MDarly, Strand
Abstract: Front and back figures of an East Indian soldier in uniform, holding a bayoneted musket
Description: Title etched below image.
Another state, with plate number changed from '15' to '16.' See Library of Congress, call no. PC 3 - 1773 - Seapoys - of the 3d battalion (A size) [P&P].
Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
Plate numbered "V. 2" in upper left corner and "16" in upper right corner.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local subject terms: Military: East India -- Seapoy's uniform.
Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. ii ; May 1954 ;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 26 x 17 cm
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: 773.10.22.1.2
Collection Title: Leaf 51. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Collection Date: [London] : Pubd. by Mary Darly, Jany. 1, 1776.

Genre: Costume prints
Etchings England London 1773
Watermarks (Paper)
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Military uniforms
Indian
Rifles
Bayonets
Subjects: Military uniforms > Indian
Rifles
Bayonets
England > London > 1773

Access: Public
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