'London & Westminster Light Horse Volunteer', 1798 (c)

Aquatint by and after Thomas Rowlandson, from a volume of 86 aquatints entitled, 'Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs', published by R Ackermann, 101 Strand, London, 24 June 1798.

Plate 'No.1' of the Cavalry section. A mounted member of the London and Westminster Light Horse Volunteers discharges a pistol.

The Westminster Light Horse was raised in 1779, disbanded in 1783, reformed again in 1794, and finally disbanded in 1829. Its members were mainly wealthy Londoners, including many merchants and bankers.