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1. The M.P. marching at the head of his 300 jontlemen!!! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [May 1829?]
- Call Number:
- 829.05.00.11+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "O'Connell (unrecognizable) marches jauntily to a door on the extreme right, over which is a board inscribed 'St Ste[phens] To Trespassers Men-Traps--Constantly Set--Beware'; he is followed by an Irish mob, yelling and flourishing shillelaghs. He wears barrister's wig and gown with a mitre-shaped cap decorated with a cross, shamrock, and bells (emblem of folly). Under his right arm is a large book inscribed '1 & 2'; his left hand rests on a stout stick. His gown is held up by a ragamuffin and the procession is headed by a bloated priest who holds up on a bludgeon a placard: 'Unconditional Emancipation O C For Ever'; this is surmounted with shamrock. The crowd are evidently from St. Giles and similar Irish slums in London; two carry hods, emblem of the Irish builder's labourer or hodman. On the extreme left in the foreground is an Irish basket-woman, holding her basket, smoking a short pipe; she shouts 'Stop wid ye now--are ye goin to lave the ladies behind--ye blackguards.' She is barefooted, very ragged, and wears a soldier's jacket (cf. British Museum Satires No. 15721). See British Museum Satires No. 15759, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... wher [sic] political and other caricaturs [sic] are daily pub., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 31 x 46 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
- Subject (Name):
- O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847 and St. Stephen's Chapel (Westminster, London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Ethnic stereotypes, Crowds, Doors & doorways, Wigs, Robes, Miters, Shamrocks, Staffs (Sticks), Priests, Pipes (Smoking), and Baskets
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The M.P. marching at the head of his 300 jontlemen!!! [graphic]
