Portrait of an Irish chief, drawn from life at Wexford
Portrait of an Irish chief, drawn from life at Wexford
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Title:
Portrait of an Irish chief, drawn from life at Wexford
Description:
The Irishman, with coarse features and cropped hair, stands on a rounded hill, left arm raised oratorically, right hand on one of two pistols in his belt. He wears a round hat with a small tuft or plume tilted to one side, a double-breasted coat with the skirts looped up, pantaloons, half-boots, and a long sabre. He looks to the left. On the plain beneath and right, across which run tiny fugitives, are burning buildings and clouds of smoke (BM).
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BM Satires 9236; Wright/Evans 438
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Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
