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Naval Cutlass Exercise.

Naval Cutlass Exercise.
Naval Cutlass Exercise.
© National Maritime Museum, London
Repro ID: A1553
Description: An etching showing Naval cutlass exercises, including the positions of the swordsman. There are words of command, along with different ways of defence and attack on this large training poster. The full title of the etching is 'Naval cutlass exercise: including Prepatory Movements and Words of Command: Under the Authority of the Right Honorable Lord Viscount Melville and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty'.
Creator: Thomas Rowlandson (artist): I. Girtin (engraver): T. Egerton (publisher)
Date: 31st Dec 1813
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
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