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James Gillray
1756-1815
Portrait of an Irish chief : drawn from life at Wexford.
[London] : Pubd July 10, 1798, by H Humphrey, St James's Street , [1798]
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.139
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[London] : Pubd. July 10, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street , [1798]
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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By James Gillray.
Summary:
Print shows a figure, identified in some sources as Henry Grattan, clad in the green uniform of the United Irishmen saying, "Erin go Brack!" On the plain beneath, across which run tiny fugitives, are burning buildings and clouds of smoke.
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