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., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 13th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Ireland
Subject (Name):
Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820 and Pery, Edmund Sexton, Viscount, 1719-1806
