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
"View of a row of tents and temporary shelters, one with the sign "Lloyds Coffee House", a group of four ladies outside, in foreground to right four children play, trees in background on left, a building in distance on right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint and subtitle partially burnished from plate?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right edge., Fourth plate from the first of two sets of semi-comic small etchings, each set comprised of ten plates. Plates from this first set are numbered in Roman numerals in lower right, and the British Museum enters the plates as 'Ten Views of Encampments in Hyde-Park and Black-Heath (first series)' based on the title of the first plate in the second set. For further information, see Curator's comments for museum number 1904,0819.620 in the British Museum online catalogue., and Plate numbered "IIII" in lower right corner.
Publisher:
Publishd. as the act directs by P. Sandby
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, British, Military life, Soldiers, Children, Tents, and Canteens (Facilities)
