"Spectators watch military manoeuvres in the air. The sky is covered with camps, marching men, and galloping cavalry, some are in military formation, others are single figures. There are tents and marquees with wings; a man beats a drum, three orientals wearing turbans race through the air beating cymbals. In the foreground (left) spectators on horseback look up in amazement, one horse throws its rider; geese, goslings, and pigs are under the horses' feet. On the right the King and Queen sit together on a bank; the King gazing through a small telescope, the Queen looking at him with delighted astonishment. In front of them is a gate over which two officers mounted on winged cannon are gracefully leaping, a third soars into the air."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Amusment for John Bul, Amusement for John Bull, and Flying camp
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR below ; countermark IV.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Aickin [sic], No. 13 Castle Street, Leicester Fields
Subject (Geographic):
Bagshot (Surrey, England)
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, and Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Black people, Cannons, Military camps, Military parades & ceremonies, Musical instruments, Musicians, Spectators, and Telescopes
Title from first plate: Bengal troops on the line of March. (The advanced guard driving in on an out post of the enemy.) A sketch by an officer in that army. Drawn on zinc & printed by Day and Haghe, liths. to the King., Also published as a panoramic roll., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), India, and Bengal.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces, Hindus, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, and Hindu temples
Title from first plate: Bengal troops on the line of March. (The advanced guard driving in on an out post of the enemy.) A sketch by an officer in that army. Drawn on zinc & printed by Day and Haghe, liths. to the King., Also published as a panoramic roll., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), India, and Bengal.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces, Hindus, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, and Hindu temples
Title from first plate: Bengal troops on the line of March. (The advanced guard driving in on an out post of the enemy.) A sketch by an officer in that army. Drawn on zinc & printed by Day and Haghe, liths. to the King., Also published as a panoramic roll., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), India, and Bengal.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces, Hindus, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, and Hindu temples
Title from first plate: Bengal troops on the line of March. (The advanced guard driving in on an out post of the enemy.) A sketch by an officer in that army. Drawn on zinc & printed by Day and Haghe, liths. to the King., Also published as a panoramic roll., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), India, and Bengal.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces, Hindus, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, and Hindu temples
Title from first plate: Bengal troops on the line of March. (The advanced guard driving in on an out post of the enemy.) A sketch by an officer in that army. Drawn on zinc & printed by Day and Haghe, liths. to the King., Also published as a panoramic roll., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), India, and Bengal.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces, Hindus, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, and Hindu temples
Title from first plate: Bengal troops on the line of March. (The advanced guard driving in on an out post of the enemy.) A sketch by an officer in that army. Drawn on zinc & printed by Day and Haghe, liths. to the King., Also published as a panoramic roll., All housed in blue cloth case: 60 x 43 cm. With paper label on front cover: Ludlow. Bengal troops on the line of march [1835]., and Incomplete: lacking first plate (title page). Numbered in ms. in upper right corner. On verso of plate 1: illegible signature W.A. [...]ittenis. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Day and Haghe's Zincy
Subject (Geographic):
Bengal (India), India, and Bengal.
Subject (Name):
East India Company. Army
Subject (Topic):
Armed Forces, Hindus, Artillery (Troops), Indian, Campaigns & battles, Horse artillery, Military camps, Camels, Cattle, Elephants, and Hindu temples
Social satire; officers in a tent around a table drink red wine, or punch from a bowl, smoke pipes and sing; one on the right has his arm in a sling, another waves his hat. Through the opening of the tent on the right, in the background are mounted soldiers and the British flag, and on the floor is a cannon and shot; below the image is the text of a song
Description:
Publication information from a copy in the British Museum online catalogue. See BM Registration number 2010,7081.860., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of song verse and imprint., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 20th, 1794, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53, Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholic beverages, Glassware, Interiors, Military camps, British, Military life, Soldiers, Tents, and Wine
