Lobsters for the ladies, i.e., Jessamin soldiers, or, A veteran corps going on duty [graphic].
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Title
Lobsters for the ladies, i.e., Jessamin soldiers, or, A veteran corps going on duty [graphic].
Alternative Title
Veteran corps going on duty Jessamin soldiers
Contributor
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created
[1798]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. July 2d 1798 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Description
Title from caption below image. Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent for the evening. Cf. No. 9221 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7. Temporary local subject terms: Military: volunteers -- Military uniforms: Light Horse -- Weapons: bayonetted muskets -- Umbrellas -- Literature: Laurence Sterne's Tristam Shandy -- Slang: lobsters (soldiers) -- Slang: Jessamin soldiers -- London: view from North. Watermark.
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