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Recruitment Poster - British Military

All those who prefer the Glory of bearing arms... in the Sussex Light Dragoons, commanded by John Baker Holroyd Esq... Etched recruiting poster for the 22nd Light Dragoons, 1779 (c). Possibly after Robert Smirke. Depicting a cavalryman with sword. Also known as the 22nd Light Dragoons, the regiment was raised on 14 December 1779

Picture No
10795368
Media ID
47612239
Size
3229px x 5151px (13.1MB)
Credit
©The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Recruiting Poster - National Army Museum Collection
Date
1779

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1770s 1779 Cavalryman Charging Dragoons Etched Holroyd Recruiting Smirke Treacherous Trooper


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