Three women are recruiting: a tall woman (left) holds up her right hand in an appeal for recruits, in her left is a long staff surmounted by stag's horns; she wears a gorget and military coat, a looped hat with a feather is on her high-dressed hair; a short stout woman (centre) beats a drum. She wears a very low-cut dress with a grenadier's cap. A woman (right) wearing a hat in the prevailing fashion blows a flute. Behind them (left) march a company of recruits, their hats decorated with horns. On the right is a group of spectators; a thin man looks at the women through his glasses, a woman puts her arm on his shoulder. Beneath the design a song of four verses is engraved in two columns: the first being,
<p><br><br>"Since the Foes of Old England so Saucy appear,
<br>And the land is in danger, from Spain &amp; Monsieur,
<br>For each Subject to Arm, in the Nation's defence,
<br>Is the Language of Reason, the Language of Sense,
<br>Like bold Volunteers, let each Cuckold attend,
<br>For Cuckolds we know - have their Horns to defend! 
<br>Come Cuckolds, Come! Come! 
<br>At the Sound of the Drum!
<br>These boasting Invaders, we soon will drive Home." 4 February 1780
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<br>Etching
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<p>Attributed to: James Gillray
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<dl><dd>Published by: William Humphrey</dd></dl></div>
1780<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1780-00-00T00:00:00Z/9</div>
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