Evidence to character - being, a portrait of a traitor by his friends & by himself
Evidence to character - being, a portrait of a traitor by his friends & by himself
Item Information
Title:
Evidence to character - being, a portrait of a traitor by his friends & by himself
Description:
Depicted is the trial of O'Connor, who confesses to making an Irish-French alliance, before the presiding judge Buller. Testifying to the character of O'Connor are various members of the opposition. Starting at the right: Fox, Sheridan, Erskine, Duke of Norfolk, and Grattan (BM).
Title from item.
BM Satires 9245
Additional information accompanying item: This print was a plate in the Anti-Jacobin Review, i. 285, as a folding plate. It was also issued separately at the same time. Other copies of the print not from Gillray's hand do not bear the signature "J. Gillray inv. & fec.," but only "J. Gillray inv."
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Louis Black; December 1953
Notes (date):
Date from item.
Reproduction. Date indicated is Gillray's original publication date.
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.
