Union between England & Ireland [art original].

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Title: Union between England & Ireland [art original].
Alternative Title: Union between England and Ireland
Creator: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created: [approximately 1800]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: A burly and ragged Englishman with a wooden leg sits on the knee of a fat and grotesque Irishwoman; they kiss, his right arm round her neck, both her arms round his shoulders. A poverty-stricken room is indicated by a low casement window with broken panes, bricks showing through broken plaster, and a rough plank door (right). On a table is an enormous tankard and a small measure of gin
Description: Title from inscription below image in black ink in the artist's hand.
Future [?] imprint statement inscribed in black ink: London, Pubd. Jany. 1800.
Image associated with Thomas Rowlandson's etching. Union between England & Ireland. Published 1799. Cf. George.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9462.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: From Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. viii.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 27.5 x 26 cm, on sheet 31.2 x 26 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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Citation: G.M. Woodward, Union Between England & Ireland. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.