While I am skipping over the ground, My faithful dog Close by my side; The sports of old and young goes round; With envy view the gamesters pride. With Soldiers heart and lovers eyes, I fly to Claim the girl I prize. Adele B***

Hand-colored stipple-engraving by and after (Louis François?) Charon; militia dragoon skipping with dog in foreground, goose over shoulder, cabin with flagstaff in background; uniform has black leather fur-crested cap, dark blue coatee faced and lined in red, with red gold-laced plastron, collar and cuffs; dark blue riding trousers with red stripe; brass chin scales, belt-plate with horn, buttons and saber-hilt; red shoulder straps and rolls laced in gold; black Wellington boots with spurs, white shoulder and waist belts and sword-knot, gold fourragère on right shoulder; civilians playing games in left background by house; printed verse below. Hand-colored stipple-engraving by and after (Louis François?) Charon; militia dragoon skipping with dog in foreground, goose over shoulder, cabin with flagstaff in background; uniform has black leather fur-crested cap, dark blue coatee faced and lined in red, with red gold-laced plastron, collar and cuffs; dark blue riding trousers with red stripe; brass chin scales, belt-plate with horn, buttons and saber-hilt; red shoulder straps and rolls laced in gold; black Wellington boots with spurs, white shoulder and waist belts and sword-knot, gold fourragère on right shoulder; civilians playing games in left background by house; printed verse below. Small upright folio, matted medium folio; plate mark, margins trimmed. London, Parker Gallery, 1955.
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