Union between England & Ireland [art original].Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist[approximately 1800]engA burly and ragged Englishman with a wooden leg sits on the knee of a fat and grotesque Irishwoman; they kiss, his right arm round her neck, both her arms round his shoulders. A poverty-stricken room is indicated by a low casement window with broken panes, bricks showing through broken plaster, and a rough plank door (right). On a table is an enormous tankard and a small measure of ginTitle from inscription below image in black ink in the artist's hand.Future [?] imprint statement inscribed in black ink: London, Pubd. Jany. 1800.Image associated with Thomas Rowlandson's etching. Union between England & Ireland. Published 1799. Cf. George.Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9462.For further information, consult library staff.