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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Surprise of the Barrack of Prosperous
1845?
8 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (225 x 187 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.38:2
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 20 watercolor drawings by Cruikshank to illustrate W.H. Maxwell's History of the Irish Rebellion.
Drawing for an etched illustration for History of the Irish rebellion (London : Baily Brothers, 1845).
Drawing for an etched illustration for History of the Irish rebellion (London : Baily Brothers, 1845).
Inscriptions/Markings
Each drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below the image in pen and brown ink, with a graphite sketch in the margin at right; in pencil on mount at lower right: p. 61.
Summary
Drawing shows a mob of Irish rebels, armed with pikes, slaughtering the British soldiers as they attempt to escape from the burning barracks, some soldiers jumping from the windows and being impaled on the spears, with onlookers beyond and to the right; with a sketch in graphite of a man with a spear in the margin at right.
Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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