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10. The military nurse, or, Modern officer [graphic]
- Creator:
- Attwold, R., active 1750, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 28th 1750.
- Call Number:
- 750.03.28.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall soldier with a pike in his right hand, holds in his left one the leading strings of a child officer. The officer, moving with an awkward gate, is trying to balance on his thigh a pole of an enormous British flag. His oversized sword dangles below his knees. Behind the two of them, in the background, several soldiers with muskets on their shoulders march by.
- Alternative Title:
- Modern officer
- Description:
- Title from item., Two columns of verse below title: By dear mama's petition, and good papa's purse, Jacky gets a commission ..., Companion print to: The naval nurse, or, Modern commander., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Nursemaids: 'military nurse' -- Union Jack -- Escutcheons.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Great Britain. Army.
- Subject (Topic):
- Nepotism, Corruption, Military uniforms, Flags, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The military nurse, or, Modern officer [graphic]
11. The military nurse, or, Modern officer [graphic]
- Creator:
- Attwold, R., active 1750, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1764]
- Call Number:
- 764.00.00.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A tall soldier with a pike in his right hand, holds in his left one the leading strings of a child officer. The officer, moving with an awkward gate, is trying to balance on his thigh a pole of an enormous British flag. His oversized sword dangles below his knees. Behind the two of them, in the background, several soldiers with muskets on their shoulders march by.
- Alternative Title:
- Modern officer
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Earliest publication date of this edition based on that of Carington Bowles's separation of his own business from his father's. See: Maxted, I. London book trades., Two columns of verse below title: By dear mama's petition, and good papa's purse Jacky gets a commission ..., Companion print to: The naval nurse, or Modern commander., Temporary local subject terms: Nursemaids: 'military nurse' -- Union Jack - Escutcheons., and Watermark: Royal arms at top of sheet; countermark band at bottom of sheet.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Great Britain. Army.
- Subject (Topic):
- Nepotism, Corruption, Military uniforms, Flags, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The military nurse, or, Modern officer [graphic]
