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Robert Wilson
active 1760-1780
Bethnal-Green Company of Irish Impresst Volunteers
Peel 1879
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
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.
Summary:
Satire on the raising of volunteer companies; Justice Wilmot leading a band of ragged and crippled soldiers.
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