One of a set of four with the same signatures and imprint; the same two 'cits' are depicted throughout, one rather thin and fashionably dressed, wearing hessian boots with pointed toes, and a cartouche-box which denotes the volunteer; the other is older, a fat john bull in top-boots. The former has a poodle fantastically clipped, the latter a bulldog. The landscape probably gives a good idea of the ne. Surroundings of london. The younger man advances on tiptoe towards the carcass of a horse beset by many crows: he holds his gun reversed, and it goes off peppering the posteriors of his friend who is being overturned by his dog while crossing a stile. An old sign-post points (left) 'to hornsey wood'; on it is a bill: 'ball. Powder & shot'. The surroundings are rural, but on the extreme right is the dome of st. Paul's. See bmsats 9597-9, and cf. Bmsat 9600, &c. For the london volunteer, cf. P. 515. 12 november 1800
hand-coloured etching. Date: 1800. Dimensions: Height: 245 mm; Width: 342 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Cockney-sportsmen Marking Game. (BM 1851,0901.1038)
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