"Pitt (left) and St. Patrick (right) bestride bulls whose horns are locked in combat, their noses pressed together; the bulls are similar, but the Irish animal is sturdier, its head heavier, its tail erect. Pitt wears armour with a plumed helmet and a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Janry. 1801 by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Patrick, Saint, 373?-463?
A satire on the 1801 Acts of Union, which legally combined the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland to form the United Kingdom. A long procession including allegorical figures representing Britannia and Ireland as well as military and c...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Carts & wagons, Sedan chairs, Parades & processions, and Ethnic stereotypes
