Sujet
The Autumn Campaign on Cannock Chase, 1873. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Autumn Campaign on Cannock Chase, 1873. The British Army in Staffordshire. 'P.O. Marquee, Etching Hill...[One of the] Illustrations obtained by our Artist in the head-quarters' camp at Etching Hill representing some ordinary incidents of camp life and soldierly habits in the field... The interior of a marquee or large tent, at head-quarters, occupied by the officials in charge of the post-office and telegraph service. There is also the post-office van. Mr. Mapleson, the enterprising and popular lessee of the opera, has sought recreation, after the fatigues of his business during the London season, in a holiday sojourn on Cannock Chase. He has provided himself with a tent of new design. It weighs a trifle more than the ordinary bell-tent; but has the advantage, for a private tourist's use, that the poles can be packed in a valise with the tent, instead of being carried separately. This tent is secured by four iron pegs, one at each corner. It can be pitched by one man, without assistance, in less than five minutes, and it stands close to the flagstaff on Etching Hill. There is a contrivance by which the inmate can open or close the ventilating apertures, as the weather may incline him, while he remains inside the tent'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM25A13_196
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
7,6Mo (804,8Ko) / 14,7cm x 13,0cm / 1736 x 1534 (300dpi)