Sujet

The Father of the Regiment, drawn by Davidson Knowles, 1883. Creator: Eugène Froment.

Légende

The Father of the Regiment, drawn by Davidson Knowles, 1883. 'The officers...of the Puritan Commonwealth, the Army of the "New Model," constructed by Oliver Cromwell...were accustomed to exercise their "gift of preaching," and their "gift of prayer," for the edification of their comrades wherever they halted on the march. Macaulay, in the first chapter of his graphic and lively History, describes one of these religious meetings of soldiery, "at which a Corporal, versed in Scripture, would lead the devotions..." He remarks that such a practice as this (which is the subject of our Illustration) might seem quite incompatible with military discipline, but that the men who distinguished themselves, off duty, as demagogues and field preachers, were the steadiest, the most orderly, and the most obedient, on drill, on the watch, and in the field of battle. It is true that they behaved as good soldiers during the war; but Macaulay forgets that they afterwards broke out in frequent mutinies, conspiracies, and military insurrections...The rapid depravation and corruption of the whole Puritan Commonwealth establishment proved that it was founded on wrong principles, and essentially adverse to the sentiments of the English nation'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A51_039

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,3Mo (7,6Mo) / 31,5cm x 40,8cm / 3717 x 4824 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England people male man men religious arts politics country religion art book guy British beard English Christianity armour political military war location Armed Forces century helmet Britain newspapers press soldier Bible print literature bearded concept B&W facial hair Army preaching warfare 17th century engraved engraving Protestantism puritan puritans 19th century preacher black & white black and white B W armed services nineteenth century seventeenth century The Print Collector English Civil War Illustrated London News New Model Army parliamentarian puritanism roundhead wood engraving ILN newspaper portrait Parliamentarians Roundheads Eugene Froment Froment Eugene Jacques-Victor-Eugene Froment-Delormel 19th-century Eug?ne Froment Froment Eug?ne Jacques-Victor-Eug?ne Froment-Delormel Froment-Delormel Eug?ne The Illustrated London News Froment-Delormel Eugene Eug?ne Froment-Delormel Eugene Froment-Delormel Froment-Delormel Davidson Knowles Knowles Davidson