‘Major Sturgeon O Such Marchings and Counter-marchings! from St James to Tottenham Court! from Tottenham Court to St James's!!!’, 1798.
etching, coloured, etching
Accession Number
NAM.1975-01-53-1
Description
‘Major Sturgeon O Such Marchings and Counter-marchings! from St James to Tottenham Court! from Tottenham Court to St James's!!!’, 1798. Coloured etching after Isaac Cruikshank, published by S W Fores. 30 Jul 1798. Associated with William Pitt, 1st Earl Amherst and the St James Volunteers, Wars of the French Revolution, Home Defence (1793-1802). Inscribed upper right, ‘Sarjeant I desire you will back upon that Old Woman facing the front rank the glare of her red cloak will put the Gentlemen out’.
Campaigns
Wars of the French Revolution, Home Defence (1793-1802)
Associated collection
