Winging a shy cock

Hand-colored etched caricature, published March 29, 1808; army officer (General Whitelocke) being degraded by 2 drummer boys, devil at left offering him pistol. Hand-colored etched caricature, published March 29, 1808; army officer (General Whitelocke) being degraded by 2 drummer boys, devil at left offering him pistol. Oblong medium folio, mounted on blue paper; margins severely trimmed; worn. N.Y., Walter Schatzki, 1961.

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Original record: Winging a shy cock
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1757 – 1833
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811 (artist)
Fores, Samuel William, 1761-1838 (publisher)
Subject(s): Army
Caricatures
Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain
N.Y., Walter Schatzki
Whitelocke, John
Type: still image

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