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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [23 August 1782]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Depicts Burke wearing spectacles and wig, but in monastic habit as an Irish Jesuit. He is seated on a stool peeling a potato, at a table on which is a chamber pot full of steaming potatoes, and at the other end a keg of whisky supporting a broken crucifix. Beneath the table dance 3 demons. A reference to Burke's resignation after the death of Rockingham, and to his support of the Catholic Relief Act
- Description:
- Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 37.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 1 of 12.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 23d, 1782, by Eh. D'Achery, St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and Ireland
- Subject (Name):
- Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797 and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Monks, Demons, Chamber pots, Potatoes, Tableware, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Anti-Catholicism
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Cincinnatus in retirement falsely supposed to represent Jesuit-Pad' driven back to his native potatoes. See Romish Common-Wealth. [graphic]
