‘Lambeth Cavalry’, 1798 (c).
Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, from a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ‘Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs’, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 1 November 1798.
Plate ‘No. 8’ of the Cavalry Section.  A member of the Lambeth Cavalry Volunteer Cavalry wearing a Tarleton pattern helmet and wielding a sabre.
The Lambeth Cavalry were raised, along with many other volunteer units, to help counter the threat from revolutionary France.
Associated with Wars of the French Revolution, Home Defence (1793-1802).