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‘St. James’s Volunteer’, ‘Stand at Ease’, 1798 (c). Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, ‘No. 1’ from a volume of 86 aquatints entitled, ‘Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs’, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1 June 1798. A member of the St James’s Westminster Volunteers demonstrates the stand at ease position. Inscribed drill instruction, ‘At the word Ease the right foot is brought about two Inches behind the left, bending the left knee, & resting firmly on the right leg, the hands are shut in each other with the thumbs turn’d in. The piece resting in the right Arm with the muzzle against the shoulder’. Associated with Wars of the French Revolution, Home Defence (1793-1802).

Wars of the French Revolution, Home Defence (1793-1802)