Posting in Ireland [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Posting in Ireland [graphic]
- Creator
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Contributor
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Smith, Charles Loraine, 1751-1835, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [8 April 1805]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd. April 8th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"A grotesquely dilapidated post-chaise stands outside a ramshackle inn (r.); the driver lashes the horses cruelly, a boy lifts a pitch-fork to strike, but the wretched animals refuse to move. A barefooted slattern approaches from the r. with a huge red-hot poker. From the post-chaise leans its occupant, who wears a ribbon and star, and a night-cap. His feet have broken through the ruinous chaise; he threatens the driver with his cane; the latter's words are etched after the title: '"------"Forward immediately your Honour; But sure a'nt I waiting for the Girl with the Poker \ "just to give this Mare a burn your Honour, 'tis just to make her start your Honour.' The chaise is roofed with thatch on which a cock is pecking; it is held together by rope, the reins and traces are of rope. The wheels are broken. Above the door of the primitive inn is a placard: 'The New Thatched-House Tavern' [the Thatched House was a fashionable London tavern and club]. On the signboard an eagle attacking a naked infant (Ganymede) is depicted; above is a board: 'Nate Post-Chaise and Whiskey \ Nate \ Entertainment for Man & Beast.' From a brick chimney a little sweep looks out waving his brush. On a bench by the door a man with a crutch and wooden leg sits smoking and drinking, not interested in the departing grandee. In the foreground a lean sow eats from a heap of potatoes; a young pig attempts to suck; another, almost a skeleton, tries to eat potatoes. In the coach-house which is part of the inn, is a second and less-ruinous thatched post-chaise. Beside the road is a stone wall and behind it a signpost, pointing (r.) 'to Ballyragger', (l.) 'to Athlone'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue.
Companion print to: "Posting in Scotland." - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. XI.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 30.2 x 39.9 cm, on sheet 32 x 43 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 805.04.08.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1805
Etchings England London 1805
Aquatints England London 1805 - Material
- etching & aquatitnt ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1805
England > London > 1805
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 8506170
- Object ID (OID)
- 10964715
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