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William Heath
1795-1840
An Irish funeral
hand-colored etching
image: 247 x 731 mm; sheet: 259 x 743 mm
Peel 2103
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Notes:
Does not appear in George, M.D. Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
Author represented by the tiny figure of a man with a walking stick with the inscription "Esq. De.", lower right below image.
Trimmed to plate mark.
Summary:
A chaotic funeral procession stretches into the far distance, including men, women, children, and livestock. Many of the men wear improvised white sashes.
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