Irish ambassadors extraordinary!!! [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Irish ambassadors extraordinary!!! [graphic].
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Contributor
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Charlemont, James Caulfeild,--Earl of,--1728-1799,--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald,--Duke of,--1749-1804--Caricatures and cartoons.
Patrick,--Saint,--373?-463?--Caricatures and cartoons. - Published / Created
- [1789]
- Copyright Date
- [March 1789]
- Publication Place
- [London]
- Abstract
-
"A procession of seven men riding galloping bulls; the leader (right) is a bishop (St. Patrick) wearing a mitre and carrying a cross; he has a beard, and says, "Make haste, my dear Honeys". The others are the six 'ambassadors'; all wear fool's caps, all flourish shillelaghs, and all carry sacks of potatoes at their backs. Their leader, who wears a ducal coronet, says "No Restrictions, by the Holy Cross of St Patrick!!!" His sack is labelled 'Leinster potatoes'. Next, wearing an earl's coronet, is Charlemont; he stoops over his bull's neck, saying, "We'll let the English see what Upright Members we have in Ireland; never lose an Inch in any Engagement!" His sack is labelled 'Ulster Potatoes'. The next 'Ambassador' says, "Christ Jasus how our majority will astonish the young King". The bull of the next man snorts and kicks ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description
-
Companion print to: The ambassadors extraordinary return on bulls without horns.
Date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher's advertisment in lower right: In a few days will be pubd. The return of the embassadors [sic].
Questionable attribution to Rowlandson from British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image. - Extent
- 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 17.4 x 80 cm, on sheet 22.7 x 81 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- still image
- Genre
-
Etchings--England--London--1789.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1789. - Subject (Name)
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Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Charlemont, James Caulfeild,--Earl of,--1728-1799,--Caricatures and cartoons.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Leinster, William Robert FitzGerald,--Duke of,--1749-1804--Caricatures and cartoons.
Patrick,--Saint,--373?-463?--Caricatures and cartoons.
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.
- Citation
-
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7518
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 249
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12678168
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791570