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The MANCHESTER HERO, or ARTS yield to ARMS
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The MANCHESTER HERO, or ARTS yield to ARMS

Date1792
Publisher Carington Bowles (1724 - 1793)
After work by John Collet (1725?-1780)
OriginEngland, London
MediumHand-colored mezzotint engraving
DimensionsOverall: 11 1/2 × 18 1/4in. (29.2 × 46.4cm)
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1996-75
DescriptionLower margin reads: "The MAN CHESTER HERO, or ARTS yield to ARMS./ From the Original Picture by John Collet, in the posession of Carington Bowles./ Printed for & Sold by CARINGTON BOWLES, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the Act directs./381"
Label TextThis print is from an original painting by John Collet, which is now in the Colonial Williamsburg collection (1993-138,A&B). A recruiting sargeant and a young woman compete for the fate of a tradesman standing between them. A notice on the building behind them says, "All aspiring young men who despise slavery..." Another soldier in the right background holds a drum while drinking from a wine glass.