Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't. – Antique Print
![Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't., London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1777 June 4. — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f7/f72cd873a406-L.webp)
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Qualifying for a campain [sic] / Verney delin't. comes to life in this historic print, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Qualifying for a Campaign" turns its satire on how British officers were readied for the war in North America, a subject London print shops treated with open mockery. Dated June 4, 1777, and published by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, this hand-colored etching is credited to a delineator named Verney and belongs to a series of commentary cartoons that poked at the army's fitness. The timing matters: that same summer, John Burgoyne led a British force south from Canada toward Albany, so the joke about who was fit to take the field would have landed with readers following the war's progress.
| Created / published | London : Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1777 June 4. |
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| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; 28 x 40.2 cm (sheet) |
| Genre | Cartoons (Commentary) British 1770-1780.Etchings Hand-colored 1770-1780. |
| Notes | Title from item. Forms part of: British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 710. |
| Subjects | Military training--England--1770-1780. United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Military personnel--British. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 988 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109498 |
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