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Settling the Irish Affairs, or, Party Matters buried in a stone coffin   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: William Dent

Published by: J Brown
Title
Settling the Irish Affairs, or, Party Matters buried in a stone coffin
Description
English: A rectangular stone tomb (left) is broken at one end to show (left) the end of a stone coffin in which lie a lady and a man. On the tomb is a pyramid decorated with emblems: two goats playing Irish harps, and a head with stag's horns, &c. On the top of the pyramid a decapitated and meretricious figure of Fame stands on her neck, feet in air, pointing downwards. The tomb is inscribed: 'Here \ blended lie th' oppressor \ and \ the' oppressed. \ Pope'. Behind is the ruined wall of a Gothic church with two tablets headed by grinning cherubs: (left) 'Near this place \ Lieth \ Lady C------'; (right) 'Near this place lieth An Irish Volunteer A Dutiful Servant And Faithful Friend'. An irradiated mask lies on the left of the tomb, a cockaded hat on the right.


On the right stand three spectators: an angry husband clenching his fists, between a man (right) in profile to the left, holding up two fingers and scowling derisively, and another man with a grin stooping to look into the tomb. 12 January 1785


Etching with hand-colouring
Date 1785
date QS:P571,+1785-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 243 millimetres
Width: 323 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.5410
Notes

(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938)

For this scandal see BMSats 6699, 8247, 8248. The theme of the stone coffin appears in 'The Secret History of Crim. Con.', Rowlandson after Woodward, 1812 (Grego, 'Rowlandson', ii. 230).
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5410
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(Reusing this file)		 © The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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