Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Droll caricature map of Ireland
- Creator
- Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
- Contributor
- Bowles & Carver, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
- Abstract
-
"A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from item.
Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ...
1 print : etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; sheet 20.4 x 16.2 cm.
Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from top edge. - Provenance
- Michael S. Kemp; January 2025.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 21 x 17.4 cm, on sheet 24 x 20 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 793.00.00.04 Impression 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Irish
Harps
Leprechauns
Ethnic stereotypes
National emblems
Witches - Subjects
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Irish > Caricatures and cartoons
Harps
Leprechauns
Ethnic stereotypes
National emblems > Irish
Witches
England > 1793
England > London > 1793
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 7927817
- Object ID (OID)
- 33330110