File:A Satire on Recruiting for the City of London Volunteers (BM 1866,0407.57).jpg

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A Satire on Recruiting for the City of London Volunteers   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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After: Egbert van Heemskerck II

Print made by: William Henry Toms
Published by: George Foster
Title
A Satire on Recruiting for the City of London Volunteers
Description
English: Satire on the recruitment of City of London volunteers at a time of peace set in a street of old houses where a City Militia troop, with the heads of apes, drums up support from local tradesmen. The street appears to be intended for Rag Fair, beyond the Tower of London; one of the houses carries the inn-sign of a "Hog in Armour". The troop is led by an elephant-headed man holding a pike, accompanied by another with the head of a hog who carries a flag emblazoned with a joint of beef and a pudding (referring to a paper held by one of the soldiers offering "Beef, Pudding and Beer"). In the background to right, a group of local men look on with enthusiasm. On the gable of one of the houses is a bird nesting bottle. c.1730
Etching and engraving
Date circa 1730
date QS:P571,+1730-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 375 millimetres
Width: 311 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Accession number
1866,0407.57
Notes From a series of eight, see BMSat 1858-1866; and 1866,0407.51 for further details. (See also a series of copies for John Bowle at P&D 1988,0514. 29-36)
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1866-0407-57
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