‘Having been but little time on board the Transport you discover that after your many lessons and long practice on riding, you are but ill qualified to ride the Wooden Horse with any chance of comfort to yourself’, Peninsular War, 1810 (c)
aquatint, coloured, print
Accession Number
NAM.1974-10-199-1
Description
‘Having been but little time on board the Transport you discover that after your many lessons and long practice on riding, you are but ill qualified to ride the Wooden Horse with any chance of comfort to yourself’, Peninsular War, 1810 (c). Coloured aquatint by and after Henry Alken, No 1 in the series ‘Military Discoveries or the Miseries of Campaigning, in a series of 7 plates, being Hints to Young Officers by Ben Tally-Ho’, published by S and J Fuller, 1819. Cavalrymen suffering from seasickness below deck on a troop ship en route to the Peninsula. Associated with the Peninsula War (1808-1814).
Campaigns
Peninsular War (1808-1814)
Units