You Searched For
1 entry found
Search Results
1. The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [16 March 1789]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 789.03.16.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The seven men ride (right to left) on asses, a signpost (right) pointing 'To Dublin'; they carry 'Regency cakes' in place of potatoes. On the extreme left three men lean eagerly forward, one shouts: "What news, What News the tidings tell make haste and tell us all, Say why are Thus mounted Is Regent come and all." St. Patrick, whose galloping donkey has a head-dress of the Prince of Wales's feathers, answers, "By Jasus I'll tell you all in no time why you must know the K-----g is better than the Reg------t that is all". Next comes Charlemont, identified by his earl's coronet; his donkey kicks violently ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ambassadors extraordinry return on bulls without horns and Ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns
- Description:
- Title from item., Tentatively attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Irish ambassadors extraordinary!!!, Temporary local subject terms: Irish Commissioners -- Irish Commissioners' address, 1784 -- Clubs: Shillelaghs -- Coronets -- Regency crisis -- Signposts: "To Dublin" -- Emblems: Regency cakes -- Irish asses -- Food: potato cakes -- Allusion to George III -- Allusion to George IV -- Allusion to Louis Weltje, 1745-1810 -- Allusion to Francis Willis, 1718-1807 -- James Stuart, fl. 1789 -- Thomas Connolly, ca. 1738-1803 -- William Brabazon Ponsonby, 1744-1806, John O'Neill, 1st Viscount, 1740-1798., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. March 16th, 1789, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
- Subject (Name):
- Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald, Duke of, 1749-1804, Charlemont, James Caulfeild, Earl of, 1728-1799, and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, Donkeys, Traffic signs & signals, Clergy, Bishops, and Fools' caps
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ambassadors extraordinry [sic] return on bulls without horns [graphic].