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C1813
A Spanish Cloak.
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Rare Irish satirical print of a soldier while on sentry duty, is embracing a young woman. They are wrapped together in the soldier’s ample green cloak and stand together, face to face. In the background on the battlement of a … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Spanish Cloak.
Date:
C1813
Artist:
Condition:
Laid on early c.19th blue paper, otherwise in good condition with unfaded original hand colouring.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
215mm
x 310mm
Paper Size:
257mm
x 368mm
Platemark Size:
234mm
x 335mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1813
Description:
Rare Irish satirical print of a soldier while on sentry duty, is embracing a young woman. They are wrapped together in the soldier’s ample green cloak and stand together, face to face. In the background on the battlement of a fortification stands a superior officer who whilst noticing the pair together, sniggers mischievously. Pirated from Thomas Rowlandson’s original version published 1813 by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London in 1812 but printed in reverse, with McCleary’s Nassau Street, Dublin address.
References:
Bills, M. The Art of Satire. London 2006:.
McPhee, C. Infinite Jest : Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine. New York 2011:.
Robinson, R. Caricature and the Regency Crisis: An Irish Perspective.: Thomas Tegg, 1813.
Bills, M. The Art of Satire. London 2006:.
McPhee, C. Infinite Jest : Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine. New York 2011:.
Robinson, R. Caricature and the Regency Crisis: An Irish Perspective.: Thomas Tegg, 1813.
William McCleary (1799 - 1820)
McCleary was one of the major Irish publishers of mainly pirated copies of London satirical prints. He began trading from premises located at 31 Lower Ormond Quay in 1791 and by 1798 his business had become sufficiently successful to allow him to move to a larger shop located on Nassau Street. McCleary’s decision in copying the caricatures of his rival and fellow Dubliner J. Sidebotham and undercutting the prices of the pirated versions of Sidebotham's caricatures. resulted into a long lasting feud between the two publishers. His trading addresses: 31 & later 18 Lower Ormond Quay (1791-1798) 21 Nassau Street, Dublin (1799, 1820) 32 Nassau Street, Dublin (1808) 39 Nassau Street, Dublin (1820)
