The (Old) Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, used from 1741-1806. An officer training school that trained 48 cadets in mathematics, gunnery and fortifications. Soldiers with wheel barrows work on the parade ground in front of cannons, cannonballs and munitions. Copperplate engraving by Michael Angelo Rooker after an illustration by Paul Sandby from The Copper Plate Magazine or Monthly Treasure, G. Kearsley, London, December 1, 1775.

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