A soldier, leaning against the window ledge of a prison window with a large empty flask on the ground, is conversing with a prisoner who is looking through the bars while holding a tankard in his hand. Lithograph after R. Seymour.

  • Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836.
Date:
1830-1839
Reference:
31618i
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A small boy on the left makes an expression of surprise and horror at the soldier's swearing

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1830-1839

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 20 x 14.5 cm

Lettering

Prisoner. "Who would not die for the glorious liberties we enjoy"? Soldier. "D_ me, what I fear we shall lose is our holy Religion, D_ me. Sketches by Seymour. No. 14.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 31618i

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