2016.331: Horrors of the Irish-Union; - Botheration of the poor Pat-or-a Whisper across the Channel.

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2016.331

People

James Gillray, British (1757 - 1815)

Title

Horrors of the Irish-Union; - Botheration of the poor Pat-or-a Whisper across the Channel.

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

1798

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/356962

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Technique

Etching

Dimensions

sheet: 18.4 × 25.3 cm (7 1/4 × 9 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: from old mat: Gillray So this Starche is a copy? / B.M. 9284 / MM has original b&w in Gillray portfolio of [illeg.], 215 / T No. 15
• inscription: in plate, below image: Horros of the Irish-Union; - Botheration of poor Pat_or_a Whiƒper acroƒs the Channel.
• inscription: in plate, lower right: C. Starck ƒ 96[?]
• inscription: upper right, in plate: [text erased]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Jsrael Ber Neumann, Berlin, Munich, and New York, by descent; to Elsa Schmid Neumann, his wife, 1961, by descent; to Peter G. Neumann, their son, Palo Alto, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

BM Satires 9284

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Peter G. Neumann

Accession Year

2016

Object Number

2016.331

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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