Any thing will do for an officer [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Any thing will do for an officer [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 January 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
- Abstract
-
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
- Description
-
Title etched above imprint at the end of five lines of text.
Printmaker from another state in Lewis Walpole collection. This state also lacks the publisher's statement following printmaker's statement. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library 796.01.01.02.2.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side and top.
Five lines of text below image and preceding title: Some school-boys who were playing at soldiers found one of their number so ill made and so much under size that he would have disfigured the whole body if put into the ranks. What shall we do with him asked one. Do with him says another? Why, make an officer of him.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
With printseller's stamp: S.W. Fores. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vi.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 38.7 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 40 x 26 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.01.01.02.1+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Booksellers' stamps (Provenance) S. W. Fores - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Cannons
Dwarfs
Military uniforms
British
Swords - Subjects
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Cannons
Dwarfs
Military uniforms > British
Swords
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
S. W. Fores
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
- 8060055
- Object ID (OID)
- 11105944