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James Gillray
1756-1815
Paddy on horse-back
[London] : Publish'd March 4th 1779 by W. Humphrey, [1779]
etching, hand colored
image: 222 x 337 mm; plate mark: 247 x 349 mm; sheet: 268 x 387 mm
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.591
Notes
Printmaker and place of publication from George.
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary
Print shows an Irishman seated backward on a bull which is galloping across open country towards London. He wears a short jacket and ragged knee-breeches, his legs and feet are bare. His hair is dishevelled and he is urging on the bull with his hat while gripping the animal's tail in his left hand. From his saddle-bag appear books: "St Pat . ." and "New System of Fortune Hunting"; a paper hangs out of it inscribed with a list of ladies with fortunes, beginning "Lady Mary Rotten Rump St James Square 30,000£". A sack inscribed "Potatoes" is tied to the bull in front of the saddle. A milestone shows that it is "IIII Miles from [London]".
Associated names
Humphrey, William, ca. 1740-ca. 1810, publisher.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
Ray, Gordon N. (Gordon Norton), 1915-1986, former owner.
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