"A travesty of a half length portrait of S. Ireland: ('Hamilton pinxt S = Ireland fect.'). In both Ireland wears the dress of a Rubens picture, cf. BMSat 7020, and looks over his right shoulder, holding up folds of drapery which hang from the left shoulder. The original is young and handsome, with well-dressed hair, tied and falling on his shoulder. [The B.M. impression is dated in a contemporary hand 'Octr 1785'. Listed in Bromley's 'Catalogue', p. 390.] Gillray follows closely the pose and dress of the original, but the head is that of an older man, with a sly smile; his short curling hair recedes from his forehead. In his hand is a book, 'Ireland Shakspe . . .' ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Two lines of text, followed by two lines of verse, below title: Mr. Bromley, in his Catalogue, &c., p. 390, has erroneously put this portrait into his seventh class ..., Ten lines of text and verse below image: Inscription under a picture of the editor of Shakespeare's manuscripts, 1796, by the Revd. William Mason, author of Elfrida & Caractacus ..., Temporary local subject terms: Forgery: literary forgery -- Forgers -- Literature: reference to John Milton, 1608-1674 -- Literature: Reference to John Dryden, 1634-1700 -- Reference to Wiilliam Mason, 1725-1797 -- Reference to George Steevens, 1736-1800., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 23.0 x 14.4 cm, on sheet 32.7 x 23.3 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"The Archduke Charles of Austria, directing military operations, stands on a bluff in profile to the left, right arm extended, his left hand rests on his sword. He wears laced coat and waistcoat, with a star, and spurred jack-boots. He has a long pigtail queue; in his enormous cocked hat, one point of which hangs before his face, the other over his shoulders, is an olive-branch. In the background clouds of smoke rise from an invisible battle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Archduke
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Olive branch., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.7 x 25.4 cm, on sheet 45.1 x 28.6 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman 1808., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 9 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 15th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
