[The Volunteers of the City and County of Dublin, as they met on College Green, the 4th Novr. [November] 1779]. /

[The Volunteers of the City and County of Dublin,

as they met on College Green, the 4th Novr. [November] 1779]. /
Published as the Act directs Jany. 30, 1784. [F. Wheatley pinxt. ; J. [Joseph] Collyer sculp.].
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Collyer, Joseph, 1748-1827, engraver.
Contributors: Wheatley, Francis, R.A. 1747-1801, artist.
Summary:[Seemingly a working proof before title?] of the Irish Volunteers assembling on College Green, Dublin, Ireland, on 4th November 1779, demanding relief from commercial restrictions. Lettered below image within plate mark: "Published as the Act directs Jany. 30, 1784".
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [S.l. : s.n.], Jany. 30, 1784.
Subjects:
Volunteers (Ireland, 1778-1793)
Military service > Ireland > Dublin > 1770-1780.
Military personnel > Irish > Ireland > Dublin > 1770-1780
Military parades & ceremonies > Ireland > Dublin > 1770-1780
Nobility > Ireland > 1770-1780.
Sculpture > Ireland > Dublin > 1770-1780
Ireland > History > 1760-1820
Ireland > History > 18th century
Ireland > Politics and government > 18th century
Engravings > Irish > 1780-1790.
Notes:Formerly held at ‪NLI Call No. PD HP (1779) 5.

Physical description: 1 print : stipple engraving ; image 42.2 x 63.8 cm., [cropped around plate mark] 48.8 x 67.5 cm., on sheet 68.5 x 55.5 cm..

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Credits:Attributed to Joseph Collyer, (1748-1827), after an original painting by Francis Wheatley, R.H.A., (1747-1801) now in the possession of the National Gallery of Ireland.

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