Irish gratitude [graphic].

Description

Title: Irish gratitude [graphic].
Creator: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: [13 June 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. June 13th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Abstract: Henry Grattan, wearing bag-wig and sword, stands at the head of a kneeling crowd of Dubliners, including a monk, oyster woman, chimney-sweep, soldier and watchman. He is being presented with a paper inscribed "Grant of the sum of £100000..." by the Irish Speaker, Edmund S. Pery, behind whom stands another crowd of Irish notables. Grattan was awarded money, later reduced to the sum of £50,000, for his role in securing the independence of the Irish parliament
Description: Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching in brown ink on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 37.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 31 of volume 1 of 12.
Provenance: From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 24.4 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 27 x 44 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching in brown ink ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Ireland
Subject (Name): Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820
Pery, Edmund Sexton, Viscount, 1719-1806
Subject (Topic): Crowds
Clothing & dress
Subjects: Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pery, Edmund Sexton, Viscount, 1719-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Crowds
Clothing & dress > Ireland > 1780-1790
England > 1782
England > London > 1782
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership

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