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- Creator:
- Schütz, Heinrich Joseph, 1760-1822, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 July 1798]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Troops, crowded in carts, &c, approach Portsmouth, where distant ships are at anchor. In the foreground are country carts drawn by soldiers at a gallop. Other soldiers are in and on a coach, the 'Portsmouth Fly'; a drum and fife are being played on the roof; large flags float from the windows. This is followed by officers in a perch phaeton. Young women take leave of soldiers. A drummer gallops on a donkey with a young bandsman in each pannier. In the middle distance, besides other vehicles, are two of the new four-horsed conveyances for soldiers, who sit as in an Irish jaunting-car, see BMSat 9238. In the foreground (right) is the corner of a small thatched ale-house, 'The Jolly Soldier'. An old soldier with a wooden leg sits fiddling at the door, while the host and his family wave farewell."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Instance of unexampled speed used by a body of guards
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: ... consisting of 1920 rank & file, besides officers, who on the 10th of June, 1798, left London ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 76 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 12, 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An extraordinary scene on the road from London to Portsmouth, or, An instance of unexampled speed used by a body of guards ... [graphic]
