An Ordinance Dream or Planning of Fortifications

Thomas Rowlandson British
 Publisher S. W. Fores British
 Subject Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond, 3rd Duke of Lennox, 3rd Duke of Aubigny British

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The Duke of Richmond sleeps in an armchair at left. Atop the table at center are playing cards and bits of broken tobacco-pipes arranged to represent fortifications. At right, a cat sits atop a cannon.

An Ordinance Dream or Planning of Fortifications, Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London), Hand-colored etching

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