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McCleary
Lieutenant Starlight
Published
[Dublin] : Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St., [ca. 1824?]
colored engraving
image: 282 x 191 mm
Peel 2023
Inscriptions/Markings
Image trimmed, strip containing title pasted onto lower edge of image.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Full-length image of Irish folk character Lieutenant Starlight, portrayed as a ragged young man in a tan coat. He stands leaning both hands on a rifle, and in addition to the bottles protruding from his coat pockets he wears a powder horn slung at his side. A large bunch of greenery is tucked into the white ribbon tied around his hat, which reads "ERIN GO BRAUGH."
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
McCleary, active 1799-1813, publisher.
McCleary, active 1799-1813, publisher.
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