The Tenth can't shoot!!, Or Battle of battles in Battersea Fields May 1824: This marvelous Battle took place at Twelve at Noon - Time appointed Nine at Night whic [sic] according to Fashionable etiquette meant nine the following Morning. N.B. when you meet again, dont forget the Pop-Guns

Hand-colored etched caricature, published May 12th, 1824; 'Battier (left) and Lord Londonderry (right), both in civilian dress, face each other, each behind a low crenellated breastwork, one inscribed Half Pay Battiry [altered to] Battery, the other Full Pay Battery. From each 'Battery' flies a flag: Vox Populi Vox Dei from that of Battier, from Londonderry's Down Down Down Derry Down. Each has a second at his elbow, and each fires a blunderbuss. That of Battier merely smokes from the trigger; his second exclaims: A Flash in the pan by all thats damnable! Londonderry aims low and shoots John Bull's dog; it rolls over barking Bow Wow. Londonderry's second exclaims: A Miss by all thats horrible. John Bull stands between the combatants, behind the line of fire, with legs apart and arms akimbo; he looks at Londonderry with a sly grin, saying, I suppose the Tenth is come to Battersea to be cut for the Simples; I would advise ye to try again Gentlemen, I shall look on and see fair play, ha! ha! ha! In the background is a small house placarded Probe Surgeon cutts for the Simples; a tiny figure runs from the gate, saying, ah! they want me I see! On each gatepost is a pestle and mortar. A signpost points To Battersea'. -- British Museum. Hand-colored etched caricature, published May 12th, 1824; 'Battier (left) and Lord Londonderry (right), both in civilian dress, face each other, each behind a low crenellated breastwork, one inscribed Half Pay Battiry [altered to] Battery, the other Full Pay Battery. From each 'Battery' flies a flag: Vox Populi Vox Dei from that of Battier, from Londonderry's Down Down Down Derry Down. Each has a second at his elbow, and each fires a blunderbuss. That of Battier merely smokes from the trigger; his second exclaims: A Flash in the pan by all thats damnable! Londonderry aims low and shoots John Bull's dog; it rolls over barking Bow Wow. Londonderry's second exclaims: A Miss by all thats horrible. John Bull stands between the combatants, behind the line of fire, with legs apart and arms akimbo; he looks at Londonderry with a sly grin, saying, I suppose the Tenth is come to Battersea to be cut for the Simples; I would advise ye to try again Gentlemen, I shall look on and see fair play, ha! ha! ha! In the background is a small house placarded Probe Surgeon cutts for the Simples; a tiny figure runs from the gate, saying, ah! they want me I see! On each gatepost is a pestle and mortar. A signpost points To Battersea'. -- British Museum. Oblong folio, matted; plate mark; margins trimmed close; bend in lower left corner, slightly soiled. London, Parker Gallery, 1965.