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Light Infantry of the Foot Guards : four of these new rais'd companys embarked to join the Duke of York in the seige of Valenciennes July 9th 1793.

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S. W. Fores

Light Infantry of the Foot Guards : four of these new rais'd companys embarked to join the Duke of York in the seige of Valenciennes July 9th 1793.

[London] : Pubd August 12 1793 by S.W. Fores N° 3 Piccadilly, [1793]
etching, hand colored
image: 189 x 225 mm; plate mark: 234 x 250 mm; sheet: 244 x 262 mm
Peel 1720
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a member of the Light Infantry of the Foot Guards standing with a rifle, his arm resting on the wheel of a cannon at right, with a tent partially visible beside the cannon at far right; in the background is a field, where four members of the company fire upon the enemy, visible in the background at left.

Associated names
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department