The Master of the Ordnance Exercising his Hobby!
photograph of etching, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1977-05-40-1
Description
The Master of the Ordnance Exercising his Hobby! Photograph of an etching by Yedes after Isaac Robert Cruikshank (I R C), nd. Original published by J Sidebotham, 287 Strand, London, Apr 1819. In this satire about his reputation with women the Duke of Wellington suggestively sits astride an artillery piece, which he is about to fire at some ladies.