"Gouty gourmands at dinner."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Ninth plate of twelve from: Antsey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., Sixteen lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath and S. W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons --England and Satires (Visual works) --England
"Monroe (not caricatured), heavily armed, carrying a long spear across his shoulder, rides, right to left, across a grassy mound, followed by a rabble of ill-armed and ragged Irishmen. In the background small figures flee from burning buildings. Beneath the title: 'Who Commanded on the 13th of June 1798 an Army of about 7000 Rebels, on the high grounds behind Lord Moira's house, near Ballynahinch was after the defeat of his Army taken prisoner the 15th Inst skulking in the fields. . . . he was tried by a Court Martial at Lisburn, where he had been a Shopkeeper) and on the Evidence of his own Adherents he was found guilty of High Treason and executed before his own door...'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons --England and Satires (Visual works) --England