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Lt. Col. Holroyd's Light Dragoons.
Published
[England?] : [publisher not identified], [1780?]
illustration (etching)
44.6 x 28.7 cm
Peel 1880
Notes
Letterpress with 19 lines below. Beginning with "All those who prefer the Glory of bearing" and ending "on their Attestation."
Illustration measures: 131 x 183 mm; plate mark: 149 x 196 mm.
John Baker Holroyd, later Earl of Sheffield, raised a regiment of light dragoons (the 22nd or Sussex regiment) during the American war (1775-1783). Cf. British Museum online catalog (item no. 2014,7024.1).
Illustration measures: 131 x 183 mm; plate mark: 149 x 196 mm.
John Baker Holroyd, later Earl of Sheffield, raised a regiment of light dragoons (the 22nd or Sussex regiment) during the American war (1775-1783). Cf. British Museum online catalog (item no. 2014,7024.1).
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Recruiting broadside for a volunteer regiment, with an etching showing three dragoons on horseback; the first horse rears over two wounded soldiers lying on the ground, two others beg for mercy.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
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