An Irish epitaph – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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An Irish epitaph
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Drawn by George Murgatroyd Woodward and etched by I. Cruikshank, this hand-coloured print takes its title, *An Irish Epitaph*, from a satirical wordplay common in British caricature. Woodward was a prolific draughtsman of political and social satire in the early 1800s, and prints of this kind were sold in London shop windows to a public that enjoyed quick, pointed jokes. The 1807 date places it in the years after the Act of Union of 1801, when British caricaturists often portrayed Irish people through stock figures of comic dialect and rough manners. Hand colouring, applied by hand to each impression, was what gave such prints their bright, legible character.
| Created / published | 1807 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching, hand-coloured. |
| Notes | Hand-coloured etching by I. Cruikshank after drawing by George Murgatroyd Woodward. Forms part of : British Cartoon Prints Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,085 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172935 |
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