Portrait of an Irish chief [graphic] : drawn from life at Wexford.

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. July 10th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
[10 July 1798]

Copyright Date:

[10 July 1798]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36 x 26 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9236
Wright, T. Works of James Gillray, the caricaturist with the history of his life and times, p. 243

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Irishmen -- Irish Rebellion, 1798 -- Mottoes: Erin go bragh -- Guns: pistols -- Weapons: sabre -- Male dress: pantaloons.
Old Print Shop; 1961.

Abstract:

"The Irishman, with coarse features and cropped hair, stands on a rounded hill, left arm raised oratorically, right hand on one of two pistols in his belt, saying, "No Union, Erin go Brack!" He wears a round hat tilted to one side, and with a small tuft or plume, a double-breasted coat with the skirts looped up, pantaloons and half-boots, a long sabre. He looks to the left On the plain beneath (right), across which run tiny fugitives, are burning buildings and clouds of smoke."--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815 [Printmaker]
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son
War destruction & pilage

Language:

English

Genre:

Aquatints -- England -- London -- 1798
Etchings -- England -- London -- 1798
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1798

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

798.07.10.01+

Orbis Record:

8166601

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr09282

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10941203

PID:

digcoll:950814