The Recruiting Serjeant
Date1769
After work by
John Collet (1725?-1780)
Engraver
John Goldar
OriginEngland, London
MediumHand-colored etching and line engraving
DimensionsOverall: 17 × 21in. (43.2 × 53.3cm)
Other: 15 1/4 × 20 11/16in. (38.7 × 52.5cm)
Other: 15 1/4 × 20 11/16in. (38.7 × 52.5cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1954-695
DescriptionLower margin reads: "Jno. Collett pinxit / J. Goldar Sculpsit./ THE RECRUITING SERJEANT. / Engraved after an Original Picture in the Posession of M.r Parker."Label TextAt center, soldier in red coat faced with blue and gold drops coins in hand of rustic wearing green coat beside weeping woman in purple dress. In the background of 2 brown stone buildings (martin bottles or bird bottles mounted on side of building), one with inn sign of "The three jolly Butchers" and, at right, a covered wagon labeled, "THE PORTSMOUTH COMMON STAGE WAGGON." Inscribed in lower margin: "The Recruiting Setjeant. Engraved after an Original Picture in the Possession of Mr. Parker."Mark(s)ProvenanceBefore 1954, the Old Print Shop (New York, NY); 1954-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).
