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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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