Two red-coat soldiers running off with a tailor's

Two red-coat soldiers running off with a tailor's wife, Georgian era. The soldiers use their muskets and bayonets to hold off the angry tailor Twist, who is armed only with scissors, and blacksmith with hammer. Recruiting. Handcoloured wood engraving after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from W. H. Harrison's The Humourist, a Companion for the Christmas Fireside, Rudolph Ackermann, 19 Strand, London, 1831

Anecdote Bayonet Blacksmith Comical Companion For The Christmas Fireside Georgian Era Kidnap Musket Napoleonic Wars Recruiting Rudolph Ackermann Scissors Shears Tailor The Humourist Thomas Rowlandson Twist W. H. Harrison Wood Engraving

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