The Recruiting Sergeant
1770
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1770
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Recruiting Sergeant is a 1770 watercolor by Grimm, a Rococo painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This scene shows a busy street at night. A soldier in a white uniform stands with a group of people, some looking scared, others curious. Music plays in the background as a man holds a fiddle. Shadows stretch long under a hanging sign with a picture of a lion. The soldier’s red coat stands out against the dark clothes of the crowd. The artist used soft colors and light to show the mood of the moment. Look up Romanticism next to see how artists used emotion in their work.
A watercolour by Grimm from 1770 depicts a sergeant in the process of recruiting soldiers, and the work is signed and dated by the artist.
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These watercolor scenes show everyday places and moments along the Thames and in Wales between the 1760s and 1770s.
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