Arms of Precision mb-artistname S Woodward Petersburg

Petersburg

View of the funeral car of the Duke of Wellington

from Alexander Pope's poem The Rape of the Lock

had proposed devaluing the sovereign by one per cent

The implication is that

Arms of Precision mb-artistname S Woodward Petersburg'Arms of Precision', 1878. The setting is a 'Sham Fight, Aldershot'. The Brigade Major is saying to the Officer of Artillery: If you Fire by the Compass due South, at a range of Two Miles, the Enemy must retire! This may be an illustration of complacent acceptance of British military might and the lack of necessity to engage with the enemy and 'get one's hands dirty'. From Punch, or the London Charivari, November 2, 1878.