File:Peep of day boy's preventing an union by adding fire to the sun!!! An Irish method of throwing cold water on a subject. (BM 1868,0808.6822).jpg
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Peep of day boy's preventing an union by adding fire to the sun!!! An Irish method of throwing cold water on a subject. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank
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Title |
Peep of day boy's preventing an union by adding fire to the sun!!! An Irish method of throwing cold water on a subject. |
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Description |
English: A mob of Irishmen runs off with a large sun; they hold the spiky rays which radiate, together with flames, from a disk containing the features of Pitt. One man (left), flourishing a hatchet, holds a firebrand to a pile of logs; he says: "Huzza Erin go brack now we have made bon fires for something aye, aye we'll put out their rush light". The mob, with pikes, axes, &c, bear the sun towards the bonfire. Three of the men say: "By the Holy Proker they are all in Darkshine now"; "By Shaint Patrick when we have Put out this jontlemans we shall bring the Moon into general Use"; "Arrah my boys down with their Day lights & then we shall have Night all Day long". In the background is the Irish Channel bordered by a cliff inscribed 'Holy Head'. On this stands Fox, cheering on the mob. 2 March 1799
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Depicted people | Associated with: Charles James Fox | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Date |
1799 date QS:P571,+1799-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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institution QS:P195,Q6373 |
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Accession number |
1868,0808.6822 |
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Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942) The Peep of Day Boys, Ulster Protestants, had been in conflict with Catholics for many years before 1796, when the contest became political and acute. Lecky, 'Hist. of England', 1890, vii. 191; G. C. Lewis, 'Local Disturbances in Ireland', 1836, pp. 36 f. For the Union see BMSat 9284, &c. |
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Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6822 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 |
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