Reference
X464/5
Title
Pen-and-ink cartoons surrounded by a watercolour wash and two cherubs looking down. The caption reads, 'Pas seul by a R.E. on receipt of army circulars May 1870'.
Date free text
c.1870 - 1873
Production date
From: 1870 To: 1873
Scope and Content
The cartoons showing a Royal Engineer fighting a pirate with the latter lying dead below; an R.E. firing at a scarecrow and an R.E. dancing before eventually falling exhausted into a chair. c.1870
Dorse Photograph of the 'Stiffened suspension bridge, Chatham' 1873
[The cartoons probably refer to the plan to build new docks at Chatham, opened June 1871
Loan status
WDRAWNpermanently withdrawn
Level of description
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