Amusement for John Bull, or The flying camp

Hand-colored engraved caricature by and after I. Cruikshank, published July 24, 1792; party of hunters stopping at gate, watching soldiers, cannon, tents etc. descending from sky on wings, George III and Queen Charlotte seated on grass, also looking up, in right foreground. The camp at Bagshot was formed to introduce new manoeuvres for rapid movement, and the troops were to strike their tents and move their camps several times, to Hertford Bridge, Guildford, and elsewhere. Hand-colored engraved caricature by and after I. Cruikshank, published July 24, 1792; party of hunters stopping at gate, watching soldiers, cannon, tents etc. descending from sky on wings, George III and Queen Charlotte seated on grass, also looking up, in right foreground. The camp at Bagshot was formed to introduce new manoeuvres for rapid movement, and the troops were to strike their tents and move their camps several times, to Hertford Bridge, Guildford, and elsewhere. Oblong folio, matted; plate mark, margins intact; soiled. London, Spencer, 1950.
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