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Loyal London Volunteers: the drill - manual and platoon exercise: P.2098-1991

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Loyal London Volunteers: the drill - manual and platoon exercise

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Unknown
Publisher: Evans, T

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Bequest of Henry Scipio Reitlinger, 1950, transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1991) by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1803-12

School or Style

British

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper ( ? lined with a sheet of contemporary yellow wove paper)
Plate Height 246 mm Width 162 mm
Sheet Height 246 mm Width 162 mm

Techniques used in production

Hand colouring
Engraving

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: LOYAL LONDON VOLUNTEERS.
  • Location: Plate upper centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: 1803
  • Location: Plate upper right
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Date
  • Text: THE / DRILL - MANUAL / & / PLATOON - EXERCISE
  • Location: Image upper centre, on three flags
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Title
  • Text: Officer & Soldier under Arms - Order Arms - Fix Bayonet - Present Arms
  • Location: Image upper centre, over four frames
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Charge Bayonet - Make Ready - Present-Fire - Handle Cartridge
  • Location: Image centre, over four frames
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Prime - Load - Draw Ramrods - Ram down Cartridge
  • Location: Image centre, over four frames
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Return Ramrods - 3 Ranks make Ready - 3 Ranks Present Fire - Supporting
  • Location: Image lower centre, over four frames
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: Publish'd Decr. 9th. 1803 by T.Evans No. 79 Long Lane, Smithfield, London.
  • Location: Plate lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription and signature
  • Text: Mr. Coley appointed surgeon to the Bridgenor (?) / Division of the Moste Loyal Volunteers 1803.
  • Location: Lower centre, on lining paper
  • Method of creation: Black ink
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.2098-1991
Primary reference Number: 95072
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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