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1.
Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].

Creator:
Dighton, Robert, 1752-1814, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1793]
Call Number:
793.00.00.04 Impression 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Ireland
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; sheet 20.4 x 16.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from top edge.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Irish, Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, and Witches
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Geography bewitched!, or, A droll caricature map of Ireland [graphic].

2.
Paddy on horse-back [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 March 1779]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An Irishman seated on a bull which is galloping across open country towards London, seen in the distance on the right., St. Paul's being visible. He wears a short jacket and ragged knee-breeches, his legs and feet are bare. His hair is dishevelled and he is urging on the bull with his hat, which is raised in his right hand. He sits facing the animal's tail, which he holds in his left hand. From his saddle-bag appear books: "St Pat . ." and "New System of Fortune Hunting"; a paper hangs out of it inscribed with a list of ladies with fortunes, beginning "Lady Mary Rotten Rump St James Square 30,000£". A sack inscribed "Potatoes" is tied to the bull in front of the saddle. A milestone shows that it is "IIII Miles from [London]".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Paddy on horseback
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and place of publication from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 26.9 x 37.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 1 of 12.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 4th, 1779, by W. Humphrey
Subject (Topic):
Irish, Horses, and Ethnic stereotypes
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Paddy on horse-back [graphic].

3.
Paddy on horse-back [graphic].

Creator:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 March 1779]
Call Number:
779.03.04.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An Irishman seated on a bull which is galloping across open country towards London, seen in the distance on the right., St. Paul's being visible. He wears a short jacket and ragged knee-breeches, his legs and feet are bare. His hair is dishevelled and he is urging on the bull with his hat, which is raised in his right hand. He sits facing the animal's tail, which he holds in his left hand. From his saddle-bag appear books: "St Pat . ." and "New System of Fortune Hunting"; a paper hangs out of it inscribed with a list of ladies with fortunes, beginning "Lady Mary Rotten Rump St James Square 30,000£". A sack inscribed "Potatoes" is tied to the bull in front of the saddle. A milestone shows that it is "IIII Miles from [London]".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Paddy on horseback
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker and place of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 4th, 1779, by W. Humphrey
Subject (Topic):
Irish, Horses, and Ethnic stereotypes
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Paddy on horse-back [graphic].

4.
Mr. Rock as the Irishman in Rosina

Published / Created:
[1 January 1787]
Call Number:
787.01.01.03
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
From the comic opera Rosina by Mrs. Brooke, a tousled countryman with his garters coming down, stands facing the viewer with a club in one hand and his hat in the other. Rosina was first performed at Covent Garden 13 December 1782 with music by W. Shield
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Gentleman's designs exectued gratis"--Lower left corner of image., and Text following title: "... and I slipt this bit of a switch out of the hedge, vide Rosina Act 2nd."
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 1, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No.3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Brooke, Frances, 1724?-1789
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Rosina, and Irish
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mr. Rock as the Irishman in Rosina