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Massacre at Scullabogue

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George Cruikshank
1792-1878

Massacre at Scullabogue

1845?
8 7/8 x 7 3/8 inches (225 x 187 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.38:10

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).
Inscriptions/Markings
Each drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below the image in pen and brown ink; in pencil on mount at lower right: p. 125.
Summary

Drawing shows a mob of Irish rebels, armed with pikes and guns, slaughtering the victims that they have imprisoned in the barn, some setting the thatch on fire, with a baby impaled by a pike and a gentleman being stabbed by a rebel.

Associated names
Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department