Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a grenadier's cap on which is inscribed the words "War for ever".
Description:
Title from item., Place of publication suggested by engraver's name, possibly identifiable with Graham Stewart the wood-engraver who died in 1786 (cf. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish artists)., Date based on that suggested for no. 5796 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Title in the British Museum catalogue: Beating up for recruits, originally designed by Robert Dighton.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, and Drums
Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a grenadier's cap. In the far distance is a horse-drawn covered wagon
Description:
Title from item. and Date from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, Drums, and Taverns (Inns)
Scene at the door of a cottage. Two soldiers on horseback talk to a young couple in the door of a cottage. The young man scratches his head as the woman looks down demurely. A kid plays with the large goat. An obese rustic sits on the bench near the door smoking a pipe and holding a large pitcher in his hand. A dog sleeps at his feet
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate., Companion print to: She Will Be A Soldier. See British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "No. 2" above title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Goats, Horses, Soldiers, British, and Recruiting & enlistment
Volume 1, page 13. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a group of new recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'The Old Fortune', the sign showing a one-legged old soldier, while a young woman sells vegetables from a basket; the head of a grinning man appears behind her below the inn sign."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: J,6.47., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate numbered "2" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Drilling recruits -- Recruits -- Sergeant -- Signboards: 'The Old Fortune' (Of War) -- Street scenes., and Mounted on page 13 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1780, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Saint James's Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Military officers, Soldiers, Recruiting & enlistment, Taverns (Inns), and Signs (Notices)
A fashionable couple walk on a country road past a cottage. A woman carrying a small child and carrying bags on her back approach them from behind and one of her small children on foot doffs his cap and reaches out his hand for alms. Another small child, also cap in hand, hangs onto his mother's skirts. Also on the road, heading in the opposite direction is a wagon filled with recruits and soldiers and one woman holding onto a large trunk
Alternative Title:
Relieving the distressed travellers
Description:
Title etched below image., After a drawing by Robert Dighton, now at the Yale Center for British Art (Accession Number: B1986.29.78). The drawing is part of a set of "Twelve Illustrations to Contemporary Life and Diversions.", Date of publication based on watermark., and Watermark: [...] ons 1812.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Travel, Children, Wagons, Recruiting & enlistment, and Soldiers
In front of a cottage, a long-haired young apprentice or tradesman in his leather apron smiles proudly as he tries on a red military coat, despite the pleas of his sweetheart who tries to pull him away. A young recruiting sergeant offers the new recruit his own plumed hat to try on, together with a tankard of ale, while in the background a drummer in a grenadier cap looks on and drinks from a glass. A recruiting broadside is tacked on the wall above, addressed to "All aspiring young men who despise slavery..."
Alternative Title:
Arts yield to arms
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles.", Numbered in lower left of plate 381., and Publication date erased from print.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and Manchester.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Hats, and Recruiting & enlistment
A happy looking lad stands center accepting with his left hand the king's shilling from the recruiting serjeant. A pregnant girl weeps on the lad's shoulder while on the left her mother berates the lad. To the right behind the serjeant stands a drummer. The scene takes place in front of a tavern, the signboard of which shows the lower part of two, one-legged men and whose name is 'Fortune of War'. In the window sits a man in a cap smoking a pipe and smiling cynically while another looks around the corner of the door
Alternative Title:
Brown Bess sooner than bigg bell'd betty
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark on left side.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Drums (Musical instruments), Military uniforms, British, Pregnancy, Recruiting & enlistment, and Signs (Notices)
Caption title., Illustration at top of sheet is a copy of a French soldier from Hogarth's Gate of Calais., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3050., and On page 145 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Printed by R. Shaw, Silver-Street, White-Friars, Fleet-Street
Capt. Ord's Independent Company of Volunteer Rangers
Description:
Title from first line of text., Illustration at top of sheet (plate mark 9.2 x 13.8 cm) is a copy of a French soldier from Hogarth's Gate of Calais., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3050., and On page 145 in volume 2.
Title from description in the British Museum catalogue for the original version of the print., Publication date based on an adverstisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. See no. 1858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Copy in reverse of a print published ca. 1730. Cf. No. 1864 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Original print was etched by W.H. Toms after a design by Egbert van Heemskerck II., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: See valiant Captain Snout appears, the drum beats up for volunteers, you that are weary of your wives, and willing to live merry lives ..., Plate numbered '3' in lower left corner. Possibly a reissue of Egbert van Heemskerck, the Younger's satires of people with animal heads, published in the 1760s., and Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Military: recruiting sergeants -- Food: roast beef -- Plum pudding -- Buildings -- Signs: tavern signboard -- Nest made of a bottle -- Elephants -- Boars -- Monkeys -- Cats.
Publisher:
Robert Sayers?
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, Drums (Musical instruments), Banners, Taverns (Inns), Birds, and Nests
