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James Gillray
1756-1815
Flannel armour, female patriotism, or, Modern heroes accoutred for the wars / Js. Gy. desn. et fect.
[London] : Pubd. Novr. 18th 1793 by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street, [1793]
etching, hand colored
image: 290 x 355 mm; plate mark: 312 x 361 mm; sheet: 368 x 479 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.523
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows the interior of a barrack-room where ladies are fitting soldiers with warm caps and undergarments. All the men wear conical caps with ear-pieces, some arranged to resemble a fool's cap. The three ladies in the foreground are young and comely; of those in the background, one is enormously fat, others thin and witch-like. On the wall are two dilapidated prints: 'Hannibal' and 'Charles XII' (the head torn off).
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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