Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
English barracks.
Call Number
C South 02/Drawer 06/GC112/Half Folio/Prints GA 2014.00785
Identifier
ark:/88435/qv33s476v
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1788/06/24.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1788
Extent
1 item ; sheet 42.4 x 54.6 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego I, pp. 294-295
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Aquatints, Hand coloring
Depiction: View of the interior of a cavalry barracks, reproducing a scene more properly indicative of domestic than of military life, although weapons and accoutrements are scattered about. Drums and guns are piled in one corner. At the window is a trooper en neglige employed in brushing his uniform. A woman is nursing a strapping boy, while a soldier at her side, in complete uniform, is adjusting his helmet at the looking-glass. Another trooper has a child in his arms, and is putting a lad, who is playing at soldiers, through his musketry exercise, while a pretty maiden is presiding at the washing tub. An old grandmother, who is giving a playful infant a ride on her back is pouring out a glass of cordial for another warrior, whose toilette is far from complete. objects are hung on the wall, giving the apartment, which is otherwise blank enough, a certain air of picturesque decoration.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Drawn & etch'd by T. Rowlandson".
Signed in plate, lower right: "Aquatinta by T. Malton".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Great Britain. Army—Barracks and quarters—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Families—Great Britain—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Grooming for men—Great Britain—History—18th century—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

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