Military. Billingsgate Association Loyal Volunteer Present Arms illustration  E-mail this product to a friend

Billingsgate Association Loyal Volunteer of London. Present Arms (from Mourn Arms 2nd motion)
"At the motion the left hand quits the heel of the Butt, & lays hold of the firelock a little below the feather swing the forefinger & thumb pointed downwards, at the motion the forelock is brought to the 3rd motion.."

Reproduction Print from an aquatint designed and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (1757-1827), for Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in their respective Uniforms,
Representing the whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercises in 87 plates, published in London circa 1799 by Rudolf Ackermann. The Volunteer Corps “in moments of alarm and of imminent dangers, so readily and honourably stood forward, at their own expense, to assist the Civil Magistrates, and to preserve the tranquility of the Great and Commercial Emporium; and to defend the Property of their less qualified neighbours from the ruffian hands of interested depredators, and from the malicious schemes of disloyalty.”

Page Size is 325mm x 240mm (approximately 11.75 inches x 9.5 inches). Image size to edge of cream coloured background is 255mm x 205mm (approximately 10 inches x 8 inches).