Volunteer Wit or Not Enough for a Prime
Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg|George Murgatroyd Woodward
May 21, 1808 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints
Six elderly volunteers in uniform sit at dessert. The host holds a decanter and small glass at left, and says: "Come Gentlemen Volunteers to the right and left—Charge if you please to the King." Another man at right, rises from his chair, answers: "I should be very happy to obey your Orders Colonel, but really your glasses are so small that d------n me if theres enough for a Prime"
- Artist
- Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg|George Murgatroyd Woodward
- Date
- May 21, 1808
- Medium
- Hand-colored etching
- Department
- Drawings and Prints
- Credit line
- The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959