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The Recruiting Sargeant

John Collet (c.1725–1780)

Hackney Museum

The Recruiting Sargeant

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A lively scene outside a public house which includes all generations from young to old. The central figures are a uniformed sergeant with his arm around a young slender man. The Sergeant appears to be paying the young man, though behind the young man a woman looks at him pleadingly with a hand on his shoulder and arm.

Hackney Museum

London

Title

The Recruiting Sargeant

Date

1767

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 73 x W 92 cm

Accession number

CH 1996.16

Acquisition method

acquired as part of the Chalmers Bequest

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

J. Collet 1767

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Artist or maker

John Collet

c.1725–1780

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