The recruiting serjeant taken in, or, All fair above board [graphic].

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Title: The recruiting serjeant taken in, or, All fair above board [graphic].
Alternative Title: All fair above board
Creator: Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor: Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [10 March 1791]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published 10th March 1791, by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Description: Title from item.
Attributed to Cruikshank from reproduction of the original drawing for this print. See Wark.
From a series of Drolls.
Temporary local subject terms: Military recruitment -- Military uniforms: recruiting sergeant's uniform -- Recruiting drummer's uniforms -- Buildings: inns -- Military: recruiting sergeants -- Drums -- Furniture: tresle tables -- Settles -- Puns -- Costume: cocked hats, 1791 -- Military: drummers -- Yokels -- Signs: chequered inn sign -- Landlords.
Watermark (partial): armorial shield.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. v.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 20.2 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Engravings England London 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Material: etching & engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: England > 1791
England > London > 1791

Access: Public
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