[Manual for saluting wtih the half-pike] [graphic].

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Title
[Manual for saluting wtih the half-pike] [graphic].
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created
[1726]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
John Blackwell
Abstract

"Design in two rows of eight sections, with 15 figures demonstrating a salute with the half-pike; at top, the title in an oval decorated with arms, and figures numbered 1-7, below, figures numbered 1-8 ..."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson.
One of two folding plates to John Blackwell's A compendium of military discipline.
Caption in the oval at the left: The several postures of [the] salute wth [sic] [the] half-pike. Describ'ed from order & on [the] long march, as it is practis'd in [the] Artillery Company of [the ] City of London. By Jon. Blackwell adjutant and clerk.
Companion print to: Exercise for the Halberd.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 439. Blackwell's figure in all, 26. Note below print: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort.
On page 44 in volume 1.
Provenance
George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent
1 print : sheet 36.5 x 60 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Engravings England London 1726
Etchings England London 1726
Material
etching and engraving ;
Subject (Name)
England and Wales. Army. Honourable Artillery Company of London.
Subject (Topic)
Saluting
Soldiers
British
Subjects
England and Wales. Army. Honourable Artillery Company of London
Saluting
Soldiers > British
18th century
England > London > 1726
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Orbis Record
12625126
Object ID (OID)
16945058

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