The Recruit

All Resolutions

I list you, and you'll soon be found,
One of my regiment underground.

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Artist

Name:
Rowlandson, Thomas
Dates:
1756-1827
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Humor
Technique:
Etching
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The Getty Research Institute, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:
The English dance of death, vol. 1
Author:
Combe, William
Publisher:
London: R. Ackermann, 1815
Open Library:
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Description:

A freshly enlisted young man bids farewell to his fiancee and his family as Death, with his javelin slung over his shoulder, prompts him to join the line of his fellow recruits cheerfully following the drum.

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