An Irish schoolmaster-priest, sits in a chair taking a pinch of snuff from an open snuff box as he catechizes a dwarfish Irish peasant, ragged and barelegged, who answers with a sly grin: 'O'C -- for O'Connell thats right--now Pat what does MP stand for eh?' Answer: 'Mealy Potato'. On the table to the right is a crucifix used to prop open a book. Cf. British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Irish MPs
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication inferred from references to Daniel O'Connell and Catholic emancipation., Imprint continues: ... where political and other caricatuers are daily publishing., and For a brief description of this print, see entry for no. 15684 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11, page 102.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847.
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Crucifixes, Ethnic stereotypes, Peasants, Priests, Snuff, and Teachers
