'On getting into a love affair you Discover that the numerous part of the family assisted by some professional gentlemen are determined to revenge the supposed injury, and to be overtaken by them when you and your dear friend are having a long Argument which ought to have the ascendency Venus, or Bacchus', Peninsular War, 1810 (c)
Coloured aquatint by and after Henry Alken, No 4 in the series 'Military Discoveries or the Miseries of Campaigning, in a series of 7 plates, being Hints to Young Officers by Ben Tally-Ho', published by S and J Fuller, 1819.
Two British officers, one a drunken hussar, navigate a town street. They are being shadowed or stalked by a band of cloaked Iberian civilians holding daggers who are seemingly bent on revenge.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1974-10-199-4
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1974-10-199-4