768 In56 804
Acquired May 2022
Printed in two columns with a woodcut at the head of each column, and playing cards surrounding text.
File 68 837 P453+
Acquired June 2021
A scene on the frontier of the United States: a Native American (left) is shown scalping a dead British soldier. Another British soldier who has already been scalped is shown on the left edge of the design. In the center a second Native American, from whose rifle hangs a sign “Reward for 16 … scalps” and in whose knife initials “G.R.” have been etched, is shown handing a scalp to an obese British soldier (right). The speech balloon above the soldier ‘s head reads: “Bring me the scalps and the King our master will reward you”; from his pocket a strip of paper “Secret service money”. In the background, Native Americans and British soldiers dance around a fire.
813.00.00.25+
Acquired August 2021
“A scene from a play: a soldier admired by a lady at her dressing table stands before a table of heads and ghosts, with an elderly couple to the right.”–British Museum online catalogue.
825.01.22.01+
Acquired January 2020
“French soldiers are being cooked or drowned in a big round vat built of stone, under which a fire is burning. Blücher (left) and Wellington (right) stand over the vat, holding long-handled perforated ladles with which they skim the surface of the water, fishing out the soldiers. Blücher (left), saying “Mon cher Welington je commence a écumer j’espere que vous me Seconderez,” holds on his level ladle a hussar in large busby, braided tunic, and boots. Wellington holds up on his (tilted) ladle a man hanging head downwards. Beside the vat (right) is a rocky cone from a fissure in which the flames of Hell emerge; Cerberus, a monster with three serpentine necks and webbed wings, reaches from the opening towards Wellington’s captive, and devours his legs with two of his great jaws. Wellington answers: “mon ami Blucher je sais pret a vous suivre mais surtout travaille fort cette nuit.” Other soldiers struggle to get out or sink back hopelessly. An eagle (standard) projects from the water, on which float many tricolour cockades. Wellington’s victim, who has a moustache, is not Napoleon, who is a subordinate figure, struggling to get out, and extending his arms towards Wellington.”–British Museum online catalogue.
815.07.00.01+
Acquired May 2020
652 H673 800
Acquired January 2020
“Stylised representation of the Lord Mayor’s procession, framing a blank space in the centre of the sheet; two rows of figures at the top, 7 groups one above the other to either side, and the City Counsel on foot, the Aldermen and Lord Mayor on horseback forming the bottom of the frame.”–British Museum online catalogue.
File 66 742 C689++
Acquired November 2017
Camp scene with soldiers from the Loyal Associated and Volunteer Corps of the City of Westminster, with an officer escorting the ladies through the camp (right) who honoured them with the presentation of colours; two horses in the center and a dog ready to pounce at an officer’s hat seen in the foreground.
Catalog Record & Digital Collection
Drawer Portraits W532 no. 1
Acquired May 2013
Minerva Press
The soldier’s companion : containing instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise …
The seventh edition, with amendments and improvements
London : Printed at the Minerva Press for Lane and Newman ; and sold by every bookseller in England, Scotland, Ireland, &c. &c., [1803]
The soldier’s companion : containing instructions for the drill, manual, and platoon exercise ...
The soldier’s companion...
The soldier’s companion...
Subjects (Library of Congress): Soldiers–Conduct of life–Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Material: Prospectuses; Annotations (Provenance)
Lewis Walpole Library new acquisition: 2009