The artillery driver [graphic].

Description

Title: The artillery driver [graphic].
Contributor: Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, artist.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher.
Published / Created: published as the act directs 9 Novr. 1792.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Abstract: A yokel in a smock-frock and military hat stands in the foreground holding a whip; behind him in the field are the tents of a military camp with soldiers milling around. On the tent nearest the yokel is written the word "Demezy", above the Prince of Wales's feathers
Description: Title from text below image.
After Dighton. See British Museum catalogue.
Three columns of verse engraved below title: I once was a waggoner sly and dry, as e'er jogg'd over the downs ...
Numbered '624' in lower left corner of plate.
Provenance: Gift of William M. O'Keefe; July 2010.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 35.5 x 25 cm, on sheet 44 x 29 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1792
Mezzotints England London 1792
Poetry
Songs 1792
Material: mezzotint ; and laid paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Military life
Military camps
British
Subjects: England > 1792
England > London > 1792
Military life > Poetry
Military camps > British
1792

Access: Public
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