‘O La! O La! dear sweet wind spare but till I pass the General’.

Watercolour from 'The Cornwall Militia', a set of ten watercolours, based on regimental 'characters', artist unknown, 1796.
An officer finding difficulty in carrying a standard on parade in a strong wind.
The originals for the coloured aquatint 'A Peep into Camp', published by S W Fores, 8 May 1797. Associated with the Wars of the French Revolution, Home Defence (1793-1802).