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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]
etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 360 x 258 mm; sheet: 430 x 311 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.139
Notes
By James Gillray.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
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.
Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
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Classification
Department
Century prints
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