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Portrait of an Irish chief : drawn from life at Wexford.

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James Gillray
1756-1815

Portrait of an Irish chief : drawn from life at Wexford.

Published

[London] : Pubd. July 10, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street , [1798]

etching and aquatint, hand colored
image: 354 x 253 mm; sheet: 356 x 254 mm
Peel 2953
Notes
By James Gillray.
Library's copy trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows an Irishman (identified in some sources as Henry Grattan), standing on a rounded hill, left arm raised oratorically, right hand on one of two pistols in his belt, saying, "No Union, Erin go Brach!" He wears a round hat tilted to one side, and with a small tuft or plume, a double-breasted coat with the skirts looped up, pantaloons and half-boots, a long sabre. He looks to the left On the plain beneath (right), across which run tiny fugitives, are burning buildings and clouds of smoke.

Associated names
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints