A view of a church, maybe the parish church of Saint Giles in Stoke Poges, also known as the Stoke Poges Church, seen in the middle distance, beyond a low picket fence and surrounded by trees
United States, History, Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861, Transport of sick and wounded, Military hospitals, Hospitals, Soldiers, Ambulances, Churches, and Sick persons
"Satire showing an announcement from a pulpit in a church requesting the wardens to meet to consider eating the church."--British Museum online catalogue
"An ancient Gothic church in the middle distance stands on a grassy hill inscribed 'Protestant Ascendency'; under the hill (left) is a cave, 'Cave of Catholic Ascendency', in which are barrels of 'Gun . Pow[der]'. A fat bare-footed friar walks away fr...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 19, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),, Leo XII, Pope, 1760-1829., Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Mackintosh, James, Sir, 1765-1832, Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, and Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Churches, Caves, Crowds, Monks, and Vandalism
Huntsmen and hounds with mounted members of the hunt are in an enclosure flanked by corn-stacks and resembling a farmyard, except for a boiling-house with a tall chimney and joints of meat hanging from the gable-end of a building. The artist (Robert C...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Huntsmen and hounds with moutned members of the hunt are in an enclosure flanked by corn-stacks and resembling a farmyard, except for a boiling-house with a tall chimeny and joints of meat hanging from the gable-end of a building. The artist (Robert C...