About this image...

Image Title: Hero's Recruiting At Kelsey's; - Or- Guard-Day At St. James's, 1797

Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, engraver

Date: 1797 June 9th.

Summary: Two officers, on a tall, lanky, elderly man and the other a child, sit facing each other eating sweets at a confectioner's. A third officer, fat and knock-kneed, stands guard in the doorway. The windows of the shop are full of various fruits and sweets.

Subjects: Confectionaries--Great Britain--1790-1800
Confections--Great Britain--1790-1800
Eating & drinking--Great Britain--1790-1800
Soldiers--Great Britain--1790-1800

Original Media: Etching

Collections: Cartoon Prints, British » more info...

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