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Robert Wilson
active 1760-1780
Bethnal-Green Company of Irish Impresst Volunteers
Published
[England?] : [publisher not identified], [1777-1779?]
etching
image: 327 x 493 mm; sheet: 384 x 493 mm
Peel 1879
Notes
Lettered with title and satirical verse in 4 columns below. First line: "See in de Front out Great Illuftiouf"; last line: "When India BONDS, He cannot f[missing]."
Neither Richard Simpson, the designer of this print, nor Robert Wilson, the engraver, is known and the names may be fictitious. Cf. British Museum online catalog (item no. 2000,0521.33).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Neither Richard Simpson, the designer of this print, nor Robert Wilson, the engraver, is known and the names may be fictitious. Cf. British Museum online catalog (item no. 2000,0521.33).
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Satire on the raising of volunteer companies; Justice Wilmot leading a band of ragged and crippled soldiers.
Associated names
Simpson, Richard, etcher.
Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850, former owner.
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