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McCleary
Captain Rock, Commander of the Insurgents in Ireland
Published
Dublin : Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St., [ca. 1824?]
colored engraving
image: 277 x 222 mm
Peel 2022
Inscriptions/Markings
Image trimmed, strip containing title (but not publisher statement) pasted onto lower edge of image.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary
Full-length image of Irish folk character Captain Rock, portrayed as a ragged man in a worn green coat, torn stockings, and patched trousers. He leans on a spear and carries two pistols tucked into his belt and a sword in a worn scabbard at his hip. A bottle labelled "POTTEEN" protrudes from a pocket of his coat, and a long white ribbon printed "ERIN GO BRAGH" is wound around the crown of his hat and tied in a bow. He rests his right foot on a scroll labelled "Tithes." Behind him is a bare landscape with a figure hanging from a simple gallows in the distance.
Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
McCleary, active 1799-1813, publisher.
McCleary, active 1799-1813, publisher.
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