File:1798-militia-volunteers-drill-innuendo-caricature.jpg

Artist	Isaac Cruikshank  (1764–1811)     Alternative names Isaac Cruickshank; Isaac Robert Cruikshank Description Scottish caricaturist, illustrator, drawer, printmaker, painter and etcher Date of birth/death 5 October 1764  between 1811 and 16 April 1811 date QS:P,+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1319,+1811-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1811-04-16T00:00:00Z/11   Location of birth/death Edinburgh  London  Work location London  Authority file : Q3154738 VIAF: 107045019 ISNI: 0000000080122606 ULAN: 500005958 LCCN: n94004259 NLA: 35456592 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q3154738
Description	English: "Female Opinions on Military Tactics", a 1790s caricature engraved by Isaac Cruikshank. Despite the title, this doesn't really mock feminine ignorance of military matters, but instead derives its humor from situations involving inexperienced soldiers of the militia or volunteers -- and adds in a good number of double entendres. Said to be dated Sept. 30 1790, but date might have been misread, since the young women's clothing styles suggest a few years later than that.
Date	30 September 1798 date QS:P571,+1798-09-30T00:00:00Z/11
References	image at British Museum
Source/Photographer	scanned by H. Churchyard
Other versions	For other Isaac Cruikshank caricatures with a similar overall structure, see Image:1799-Belvoir-Castle-houseparty-Isaac-Cruikshank.jpg and Image:That-accounts-for-it-1799-caricature-Isaac-Cruikshank.jpg .

Text in Image:

• Rustic Couple:
  • Wife:
    • "I have made good the Accident of last night, -- and now John, though thee dost not look very like a Soldier, there shall not be a man in the Regiment with a better Ramrod."
• Old Couple:
  • Husband:
    • "I can't conceive what is the matter with my Old Gun. I can't do any thing with it."
  • Wife:
    • "It's owing to the Cock, my Dear; it has been so a long time!!"
• Third Couple:
  • Man:
    • "Is not that very Gentlemanly and upright."
  • Young Lady:
    • "Yes, and I hope you will always continue so. I doat upon everything upright."
• Fourth Couple:
  • Man:
    • "Oh -- had you but seen me Fire last night; I astonish'd every Lady on the ground. I don't think I wink'd once during the whole evening."
  • Woman:
    • "I am happy to hear you improve in any thing -- I had almost given you up, I assure you.
• Fifth Couple:
  • Husband:
    • "A mere Flash in the pan, as I am a Gentleman and a Soldier!"
  • Wife:
    • "That's nothing uncommon my Dear -- the only way is to try again."
• Sixth Couple:
  • Husband:
    • "Bring me the Hammer, Wife -- I want to make an improvement in my Tailpipe."
  • Wife:
    • "That I will, my Dear; I love improvements of any kind."
• Seventh Couple:
  • Young Man:
    • "This, Miss, is what we call the Cock -- and this is the Swell."
  • Young Miss:
    • "Well, I never knew so much of a Musket before -- how I should like to marry a soldier!"
• Eighth Couple:
  • Older woman, watching an officer with a short-pigtail hairstyle saunter by:
    • "That a Military tail? I would not give a farthing for a Cart-load of them! I am told it is his Majesty's orders that every Gentleman Soldier in this Village shall at least have a tail of nine inches, to set a good example."

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