File:Head quarter's (BM 1868,0808.13234 1).jpg
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Head quarter's
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Head quarter's |
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English: A recruiting soldier beats a kettle-drum which is placed on the projecting 'cork-rump' (see BMSat 5381, &c.) of a lady who stands in profile to the right., her hands in an enormous muff. Her head-dress is similar to that of "Bunker's Hill" and "Noddle Island", see BMSat 5330, 5335: on the summit are battlements, from which project cannon surmounted by a British flag; round the erection are files of soldiers, cannon project from the loop of hair beside the face. She stands by a signpost in the form of a gibbet. It points "To . Trenton"; from the hand of the signpost dangles a noose of rope. A small recruiting placard is pasted on the gibbet-post, headed by the figure of a soldier and "G R III.", and inscribed, "All gentlemen Volunteers that are able and willing to serve his M ... y let them report to the 3 flying shit pots, &c." In the background is the gable-end of an inn (the recruiting headquarters) in the door of which stands a soldier beating a drum, another soldier stands by him with upraised cane. Some one is pouring liquid from an upper window on to his head. The royal arms and the word "Head-quarters" are over the door, a British flag flies from a pole. In the distance (r.) is a minute figure hanging from a gallows. c.1777
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| Date | 1777 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.13234 |
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) Probably from a book. The words "To Trenton" indicate that this is a gibe at Washington's capture of Trenton (27 Dec. 1776) with its garrison of Hessians. One of several anti-recruiting prints, see BMSat 5295, &c. |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-13234 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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