An officer in the Light Infantry driven by his lady to Cox-Heath: From the Original Picture by John Collet in the possession of Carington Bowles

An officer in the Light Infantry driven by his lady to Cox-Heath: From the Original Picture by John Collet in the possession of Carington Bowles

1st in pair of colored mezzotint caricatures after Collett, published 9th Novr. 1778; corpulent dozing officer in phaeton driven by standing woman wearing quasi military jacket on country road, 3 persons peering from back of covered wagon at left. 1st in pair of colored mezzotint caricatures after Collett, published 9th Novr. 1778; corpulent dozing officer in phaeton driven by standing woman wearing quasi military jacket on country road, 3 persons peering from back of covered wagon at left. One of many satires on camp life especially the camps at Cox-Heath and Warley London, Parker Gallery, 1951.
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Original record
An officer in the Light Infantry driven by his lady to Cox-Heath: From the Original Picture by John Collet in the possession of Carington Bowles
Collection
Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s)
1714 – 1837
Usage
Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Creator(s)
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793 (publisher)
Collet, John, 1720-1780 (artist)
Subject(s)
Army
Caricatures and cartoons
Cross dressing
Great Britain
History
Light Infantry
London, Parker Gallery
Mezzotints (Prints)
Social life and customs
Soldiers in art
Women soldiers
Type
still image
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