Recruiting Sergeants at Westminster

Name: Recruiting Sergeants at Westminster
Brand: John Thomson, 1877
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Army recruiting sergeants used to gather outside the Mitre and Dove pub near Westminster Abbey, on the lookout for likely lads. The man front and centre is Sergeant Ison of the 6th Dragoon Guards. Recruiters earned a guinea for every man who passed the medical, but lost out if he did a runner. One sergeant on this corner, Henry Cooper, signed up over 3,000 men in about thirteen years. John Thomson took the photo in 1877 for Street Life in London.

• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Opacity: 94%
• ISO brightness: 104%
• Paper is sourced from Japan

Paper: Enhanced matte poster paper, 189 g/m² and 10.3 mil thick, with a smooth, non-glare finish that suits the original sepia tones.

Sizes: 12×16 in (30×40 cm) or 18×24 in (45×60 cm).

Printing: The photo is printed edge to edge with no border. Prints are sent unframed, so they'll fit a standard frame of the same size.

The photo: Taken by John Thomson for Street Life in London (1877), written with journalist Adolphe Smith. The original is in the public domain and held by LSE Library.
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