‘Loyal Islington Volunteer Cavalry’, 1798 (c).
Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, 1799 (c). From a volume of 86 aquatints entitled ‘Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs’, published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 24 July 1798.
A member of the Loyal Islington Volunteer Cavalry wearing a Tarleton pattern helmet and wielding a sabre.
The Loyal Islington Volunteer 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).