Satire: a group of new recruits being drilled by two soldiers outside an inn called 'the old fortune', the sign showing a one-legged old soldier, while a young woman sells vegetables from a basket; the head of a grinning man appears behind her below the inn sign. 1 january 1780
stipple. Date: 1780. Dimensions: Height: 364 mm; Width: 312 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Recruits (BM J,6.47)
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