{"product_id":"oxfordshire-volunteer-charles-chappell-1808","title":"Oxfordshire Volunteer - Charles Chappell, 1808","description":"\u003cp\u003eOverall: 55cm (21.5in) x 42cm (16.5in)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWatercolour, heightened with body colour on heavy duty Bristol Paper. Contained in original gilt wood frame; the reverse bearing the trade label of framer Hugh Richards, whose name appears in Kent's Trade Directory of Cities of London and Westminster, \u0026amp; Borough of Southwark, for the Year 1794 as a Carver \u0026amp; Glass-grinder, of 279, The Strand, London.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA contemporary manuscript label to the reverse identifies the subject as Charles Chappell of the. Oxfordshire Volunteers, not to be confused with the city of Oxford Volunteers or Oxfordshire Militia (1757-1816). The Oxfordshire Volunteers were formed in 1808 as a voluntary force to quell civil unrest and for the purposes of defence against invasion by Napoleonic France. They were disbanded in 1813.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Armoury St James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57302163489141,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7008\/3014\/files\/L1700177.jpg?v=1781712950","url":"https:\/\/armoury.co.uk\/products\/oxfordshire-volunteer-charles-chappell-1808","provider":"The Armoury St James's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}