Who will serve the country? We'll serve the shop!

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Artist/Maker	John Leech (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (drawn)

Pencil drawing for Punch magazine depicting the Volunteer Movement.

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Category	Drawings
Object type	Drawing
Titles	Who will serve the country? We'll serve the shop! (assigned by artist) The Volunteer Movement (popular title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil drawing Pencil Drawing
Brief description	Pencil drawing by John Leech entitled 'Who will serve the country? We'll serve the shop!' (The Volunteer Movement), an illustration for 'Punch' magazine. Great Britain, ca. 1840-1864.
Physical description	Pencil drawing for Punch magazine depicting the Volunteer Movement.
Dimensions	Dimensions taken from Forster Bequest register
Credit line	Forster Bequest
Subjects depicted	Volunteers Satire Illustration Patriotism
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	F.68

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Record created	October 23, 2012
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1256680/who-will-serve-the-country-drawing-john-leech/

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