English Barracks

Thomas Rowlandson British

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The interior of a barracks shows several light dragoons and their camp followers. Although only a few men from each unit were officially allowed to marry and have their wives and families accompany them, women would have been found in almost every British military establishment. Some worked as cooks, laundry women and sutlers (camp followers who sold provisions), while others were prostitutes.

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