Beating up for recruits [graphic]

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Title: Beating up for recruits [graphic]
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [approximately 1780?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street
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. In the far distance is a horse-drawn covered wagon
Description: Title from item.
Date from British Museum online catalogue.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.5 x 23.3 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Etchings England London 1780
Engravings England London 1780
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Subject (Topic): Recruiting & enlistment
Military uniforms
British
Hats
Drums
Taverns (Inns)
Subjects: Recruiting & enlistment > England > 18th century
Military uniforms > British > 18th century
Hats
Drums
Taverns (Inns)
England > London > 1780

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