"A design in two compartments. On the left is a tall officer standing stiffly in profile to the right, his elbow to his side and holding his drawn sabre erect. He has a grotesquely long and projecting nose. On the right a short, fat officer stands full-face, his left hand on the hilt of his sword."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionable attribution to Isaac Cruikshank from the British Museum catalogue., Presumably a reissue of a plate published in 1795; an earlier imprint, scored through and mostly illegible, is visible in lower left corner of design., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left edges., and Mounted on leaf 77 of volume 10 of 12.
Publisher:
Publishd. June 26th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823 and Grant, James, 1720-1806