- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "The Irishman, with coarse features and cropped hair, stands on a rounded hill, left arm raised oratorically, right hand on one of two pistols in his belt, saying, "No Union, Erin go Brack!" 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."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- War destruction & pilage.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portrait of an Irish chief [graphic] : drawn from life at Wexford.
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A night scene with a waning moon. United Irishmen burn and plunder. On the left is the corner of a farm house with flames pouring from a casement window. A ruffian wearing a military coat, tricolour cockade and green branch in his hat, seizes the burly farmer by the neck-cloth and raises a sword to strike; the dripping blade is inscribed 'Liberty', and a mastiff lies dead beside him. Immediately behind, in a doorway, another ruffian seizes a woman round the waist; an infant lies on the ground. A man holding a dagger is disappearing into the house, another comes out with a bundle on his head. Behind are the flames of the burning house. Over the thatched lintel is a dove-cote from which birds are escaping. Three other men hurry off laden with plunder towards a road which leads to a camp flying a tricolour flag inscribed 'Equality'. The nearest (right) holds a sow on his back by the hind legs; her little pigs run after her; a goose hangs from his belt. A bare-legged man with a dagger in his belt pushes a wheelbarrow laden with trunks. In the background other plunderers proceed along the road; a man prods a cow with his spear. The road is crowded with sheep. In the distance is a burning town."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Companion print to: "United Irishmen in training." and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- War destruction & pilage.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > United Irishmen upon duty [graphic] / Js. Gy. inv. & ft.