Title etched below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842)., and Motto above image: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.
"An officer (right), Col. Patrick Creighton (the adjutant), standing in profile to the left, his right arm and forefinger extended, drills a body of stout volunteers who march (right to left) in a serried triangular mass in the middle distance. Behind (right) a stout officer, Captain Coulter, stands in profile to the left with drawn sword. Three men march stiffly from right to left. In the background a body of volunteers, described as the awkward squad, stands full-face. The men are conspicuous for civic portliness, and the neatness and uniformity of their dress, in contrast with contemporary satires on English militiamen, &c, cf. BMSat 8503."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Edinburgh Royal Volunteers
Description:
Title from text below image., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., and Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842 ed.).
Title from text in bottom left corner of image., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1842 ed.)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Osbourne, Alexander -- Rowlandson, d. 1818 -- Military uniforms: Scottish officers' uniform.
Title assigned by cataloger., Place and date of publication conjectured from imprint of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., Numbered '164' in lower right of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Giants -- Midgets -- Charles Byrne -- George Fairholme, 1730-1800 -- John M'Gowan, d.1805 -- Geordie Cranstoun.
