R. Bran
Skirmishing to the rear / R. Bran sc.
[London] : Publish'd for the Proprietor, Feby 7th 1782, & sold by W. Humphrey Strand, [1782]
stipple engraving, hand colored
image: 228 x 262 mm; sheet: 273 x 292 mm
Peel 2363
Notes
Title from item.
Below caption title: From an original drawing sketch'd in the Mess Room, by an Officer in Ld. S------ds Regt of Light Horse.
Print evidently refers to the militia regiment of light dragoons (22nd Sussex) raised in 1779 by J.B. Holroyd (created Baron Sheffield in 1781), of which he was Colonel.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Below caption title: From an original drawing sketch'd in the Mess Room, by an Officer in Ld. S------ds Regt of Light Horse.
Print evidently refers to the militia regiment of light dragoons (22nd Sussex) raised in 1779 by J.B. Holroyd (created Baron Sheffield in 1781), of which he was Colonel.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
A camp scene: a light dragoon has been unseated by his horse, which stands, head down, ears back, heels in the air; its rider clutches the mane and is about to fall over its head, his helmet is falling off. He is lacing a ragged woman (left), with a child on her shoulders, who is laughing at him, her arms akimbo. The soldier's carbine has been discharged by the accident, it is firing at a sign-board which hangs from a post (right). This is the head and shoulders of the Duke of Cumberland holding a staff ascribed, "The Duke of Cumberland Suttling House". On the right is a row of tents from which soldiers and women look on with amusement. .
Associated names
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
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