An Irish howl [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- An Irish howl [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Laurie & Whittle, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1 March 1799]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. March 1st, 1799, by T. Whittle, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street, for the Anti Jacobin Review
- Abstract
-
Plate from the 'Anti-Jacobin Review', ii. 233: On the extreme right the Devil holds up a canvas, 'le Tableau Parlant', which terrifies twelve Irishmen grouped round an oblong table. In their alarm the heavy table has been overturned, some are on the ground, others (left) flee in terror. The Devil, who looks round the edge of his picture, wears a bonnet-rouge inscribed 'Anarchy'; labels hang from his horn: 'Blasph[emy]' and 'Parracide'. He says "Stew it well - It cannot be Overdone for you and me". In the picture, 'Irish Stew I A Favourite Disk for French Palates', two French soldiers superintend the boiling of a Revolutionary Pot, in which stand three naked Irishmen shrieking for mercy; one says: "Liberty of being Stewed"; the other, "Equality - all to be stewed en Masse". Above the table five harpies fly off with a tattered cloth inscribed 'Map of Ireland'. They are intended for the Directors, three having belts inscribed 'Tallien' (not a Director), 'Barras', and 'Le Paux'. On the table is a paper, 'United Irishmen'. The Irishmen make gestures of terror or despair. Most look at the picture, one looks upwards, saying: "Poor Erin How thourt torn to pieces by these five Harpies." A fugitive looks round to say "What your own A. O Connor too!" A lawyer (? Curran): "So much for Republicani[sm] and glorious Independence! No Money! No Lawyer." A monk: "By St Patrick a complete Catholic Emancipation." Three others say: "I now howl in Vain - We are all gone to Pot"; "Brother John [Bull] would not have treated us so -" ; "My Merits with the Republic should have saved me, but I find we must all stew together" [he is perhaps Grattan]; "A Radical Reform by Jasus". Beside the last speaker, a ragged peasant, lies a bundle of pikes, &c.
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin review and magazine. London, 1799, v. 2, page 233
Temporary local subject terms: United Irishmen -- Maps: map of Ireland torn by demons -- Reference to the French Revolution -- Allusion to the Directory -- Allusion to anarchy -- Pictures: le tableau parlant.
Mounted to 31 x 37 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25 x 31 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 799.03.01.04+ Impression 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1799 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829
Tallien, Jean-Lambert, 1767-1820 - Subject (Topic)
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Demons
Devil
Lawyers
Monks - Subjects
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Barras, Paul, vicomte de, 1755-1829 > Caricatures and cartoons
Tallien, Jean-Lambert, 1767-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Demons
Devil
Lawyers
Monks
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8184907
- Object ID (OID)
- 10941320