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

Creator:

Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[10 July 1798]

Physical Description:

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

Notes:

Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.

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.

Topics:

War destruction & pilage.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

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

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Auchincloss Gillray v. 4

Orbis Record:

8166601

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11824071

Citation:

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

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11823865

PID:

digcoll:4000392