Saint Shela ‘Trotting out’ the Vermin from ye Emerald Isle
etching, coloured, etching
Accession Number
NAM.1971-02-8-1
Description
Saint Shela ‘Trotting out’ the Vermin from ye Emerald Isle. Coloured etching by and after G Cruikshank, nd. No 3 in the series. Published by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill, Apr 1824. Shows a caricature, with a giantess sweeping officers of the 10th Hussars into the sea, backed up by a sturdy Irishman with a flag showing St Patrick, his cross, an Irish harp and various vermin.
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