Beating up for fencibles [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Beating up for fencibles [graphic]
- Creator
- Stewart, Graham, -1786, printmaker
- Contributor
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1780?]
- Publication Place
- Dublin?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a grenadier's cap on which is inscribed the words "War for ever".
- Description
-
Title from item.
Place of publication suggested by engraver's name, possibly identifiable with Graham Stewart the wood-engraver who died in 1786 (cf. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish artists).
Date based on that suggested for no. 5796 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Title in the British Museum catalogue: Beating up for recruits, originally designed by Robert Dighton. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 18.3 x 23.3 cm, on sheet 20 x 25 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 780.00.00.155
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Etchings Ireland 1780
Engravings Ireland 1780 - Material
- etching & engraving ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
-
Recruiting & enlistment
Military uniforms
British
Hats
Drums - Subjects
-
Recruiting & enlistment > England > 18th century
Military uniforms > British > 18th century
Hats
Drums
Ireland > 1780
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 6671883
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723159