Westminster conscripts under the training act

British Museum catalogue: A satire on the peace negotiations and on Windham's Training Act. The scene is outside the Treasury, the lower part of its facade forming the background. Ministers and their supporters as Corporal and Conscripts obey the orders of their Drill-Serjeant Napoleon, who stands on the extreme left, his jack-boots firmly planted on cannon-balls to give him height. He extends his sword with an arrogant gesture, and fiercely orders: Ground-Arms! Next him, and in back view, but looking up at him, is Fox, seated in an invalid's wheeled chair on the back of which are the coronet and feathers of the Prince of Wales...On Fox's right is the Flugel Man, Grenville...Windham [is] the end man of the front rank. Next him is Lord Holland...Then Sheridan...Petty, on both knees, flings down his musket with an obsequious gesture. Next him Lord Temple grovels...Next, at the end of the line...kneels Erskine, in wig and gown, raising his hat. In the second rank, behind Windham, is Howick, First Lord...Sidmouth staggers back, throwing up his arms...Next are Spencer, clumsily lifting his musket, and Ellenborough in wig and gown...Behind him is Moira...Behind and in shadow are (l. to r. ) St. Vincent, Hanger, and the Duke of Clarence...By the Treasury gate and facing Erskine stands the Constable of the Corps, Talleyrand... National Portrait Gallery website: Sitters Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), Statesman and print collector. George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine (1751?-1824), Eccentric. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838), French foreign minister. Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750-1818), Lord Chief Justice. Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 64 portraits. Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Soldier and statesman. Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig statesman and patron of art and letters. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Statesman. James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), Statesman; author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth'. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14. John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823), Admiral. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister. George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), First Lord of the Admiralty. King William IV (1765-1837), Reigned 1830-7. William Windham (1750-1810), Statesman. British Museum catalogue: A satire on the peace negotiations and on Windham's Training Act. The scene is outside the Treasury, the lower part of its facade forming the background. Ministers and their supporters as Corporal and Conscripts obey the orders of their Drill-Serjeant Napoleon, who stands on the extreme left, his jack-boots firmly planted on cannon-balls to give him height. He extends his sword with an arrogant gesture, and fiercely orders: Ground-Arms! Next him, and in back view, but looking up at him, is Fox, seated in an invalid's wheeled chair on the back of which are the coronet and feathers of the Prince of Wales...On Fox's right is the Flugel Man, Grenville...Windham [is] the end man of the front rank. Next him is Lord Holland...Then Sheridan...Petty, on both knees, flings down his musket with an obsequious gesture. Next him Lord Temple grovels...Next, at the end of the line...kneels Erskine, in wig and gown, raising his hat. In the second rank, behind Windham, is Howick, First Lord...Sidmouth staggers back, throwing up his arms...Next are Spencer, clumsily lifting his musket, and Ellenborough in wig and gown...Behind him is Moira...Behind and in shadow are (l. to r. ) St. Vincent, Hanger, and the Duke of Clarence...By the Treasury gate and facing Erskine stands the Constable of the Corps, Talleyrand... National Portrait Gallery website: Sitters Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1776-1839), Statesman and print collector. George Hanger, 4th Baron Coleraine (1751?-1824), Eccentric. Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Périgord (1754-1838), French foreign minister. Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough (1750-1818), Lord Chief Justice. Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine (1750-1823), Lord Chancellor. Sitter associated with 64 portraits. Charles James Fox (1749-1806), Whig statesman. William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759-1834), Prime Minister. Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey (1764-1845), Prime Minister. Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings (1754-1826), Soldier and statesman. Henry Richard Vassall Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840), Whig statesman and patron of art and letters. Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne (1780-1863), Statesman. James Maitland, 8th Earl of Lauderdale (1759-1839), Statesman; author of 'Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth'. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), Emperor of France 1804-14. John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent (1735-1823), Admiral. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister. George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834), First Lord of the Admiralty. King William IV (1765-1837), Reigned 1830-7. William Windham (1750-1810), Statesman. Published September 1st 1806 by H Humphrey 27 St James s Street Caption: Pubd Sept 1st 1806 by H Humphrey 27 St James s Street Dialogue: Napoleon: Ground-Arms!