Samuel McPherson, Scottish soldier Size:L: 90 x 60cm Watling Street and the dome

Watling Street and the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background

Wales with figures on a stony beach in the foreground

Cover of a song sheet with a view of broom sellers outside the premises of Mori & Leverne at 28 New Bond Street

'Maids any Cunny Skins'

Samuel McPherson, Scottish soldier Size:L: 90 x 60cm Watling Street and the domeSamuel McPherson, Scottish soldier, 1743. 'Samuel McPherson, corporal, in his highland ridgmentals [sic], the most active in the desersion [sic]. The posture in presenting his firelock at Capt Ball in Lady Wood, and was shot at the Tower, July 18 1743'. McPherson was a soldier in the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). Having been ordered to London, some of the regimant's soldiers deserted after hearing a rumour that they were to be shipped out to