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C1824
The Wonder- or the Parson rejecting the Tenth
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A rare Irish issued satirical cartoon by the Dublin based publisher William McCleary after Charles William’s etching “A tenth rejected-or-the dandyfield coxcomb in a bandbox”, published 10 April 1824 by John Fairburn, 2 Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London. (BM Satires 14646). … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
The Wonder- or the Parson rejecting the Tenth
Date:
C1824
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition, laid onto blue backing paper.
Technique:
Etching with original hand colouring
Image Size:
210mm
x 255mm
Paper Size:
240mm
x 315mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1824
Description:
A rare Irish issued satirical cartoon by the Dublin based publisher William McCleary after Charles William’s etching “A tenth rejected-or-the dandyfield coxcomb in a bandbox”, published 10 April 1824 by John Fairburn, 2 Broadway, Ludgate Hill, London. (BM Satires 14646).
This print depicts an Irish woman (wearing a white mob cap, a green coloured dress, a white apron and cloak of red material) approaching a Church of Ireland clergyman. She holds a large circular tin box, with the word “10th” written in black on the side, in which a miniature soldier wearing the uniform of the cavalry regiment the Tenth Royal Hussars stands (the uniform of the regiment is caricatured – a blue jacket with an extremely narrow waist, with a profusion of yellow braiding at the front of the jacket, a very high collar, his shako [hat] with a large plume projecting from it and voluminous trousers of bright red with a yellow stripe down the side). The soldier has a somewhat simian-like appearance.
She says to the clergyman (in a speech bubble) “Please your Reverence, hearing you were collecting your Tithes, I’ve brought you the Tenth!!” The clergyman, who apart from white bands around his neck is very soberly dressed, entirely in black (with a black frock coat, black breeches and black gaiters with a black mortar board on his head), holds a volume under his left arm that says “Tithes” on the cover, expresses alarm and remarks “Take it away Woman, I never Tithe Monkeys!”. The soldier says (to the clergyman) “what says that there Fellow”.
Collections:
National Library of Ireland: Call Number:PD 2121 TX 1
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)
