![[Napoleonic broadside] The British Volunteer.](jpegs/58522.jpg)
[Napoleonic broadside] The British Volunteer.The Word by John Luffman. _ Tune, Rule Britannia.
Sold by John Luffman, N.o 377, Strand, London. Price Six-pence [n.d., c.1803].
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, hole near text, small tear taped. Damaged.
A broadside published promote the Volunteer Companies, raised to help fight the Napoleonic Wars. Underneath are five verses, written by the publisher. John Luffman (1751-1821), an engraver and cartographer best known for his A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, produced maps, prints and satires capitalising on newsworthy events.
For other Broadsides See: Ref: 58509, 58523, 58524
[Ref: 58522] £160.00
Engraving. Sheet 195 x 135mm (7¾ x 5¼"). Trimmed within plate, hole near text, small tear taped. Damaged.
A broadside published promote the Volunteer Companies, raised to help fight the Napoleonic Wars. Underneath are five verses, written by the publisher. John Luffman (1751-1821), an engraver and cartographer best known for his A New Pocket Atlas and Geography of England and Wales, produced maps, prints and satires capitalising on newsworthy events.
For other Broadsides See: Ref: 58509, 58523, 58524
[Ref: 58522] £160.00