Posting in Ireland.
Forward immediately your Honour: But sure a'nt I waiting for the Girl with the Poker Just to give this Mare a burn you Honour, tis just to make her start your Honour.
Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St.
[graphic].
| Summary: | Lettered with title "Posting in Ireland" and in subscript, "Forward immediately your Honour: But sure a'nt I waiting for the Girl with the Poker Just to give this Mare a burn you Honour, tis just to make her start your Honour". Publication line "Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St." within plate. Satirical print featuring a sole male passenger within a coach who has an expression of consternation on his face - the coach is held together with rope and both of the man's legs stick out - from the front and on the underside of the coach, while the roof of the coach appears to be made of thatch and a hen is perched on top of it. The man appears to hit the coach driver in front with his stick (in an effort to start or resume his journey); the coach driver has a very large stick with a whip attached to the end with which he is beating the two exhausted and malnourished horses that lead the coach. On the far side of the road, a man wields a pike and holding it with both hands over his head, it about to bring it down on the horses with some force. In the background is a road-sign - the arrow to the left has "to Athlone [Co. Westmeath]" written on it, while the arrow facing the opposite direction has "to Ballyragget [a small town in Co. Kilkenny]" written on it. From the right foreground, a young, barefoot woman wearing a dress with a very low bodice, approaches; she holds a hot poker [the implication being that she will touch the horses with it and the heat of the poker will startle them into continuing on their journey]. In the background is a tavern which functions as a stage station or post [stagecoaches made long journeys with scheduled trips using stage stations or posts where the stagecoach's horses would be replaced by fresh horses]. A sign on displays over the closed door reads "The New Thatched House Tavern". A man with a wooden leg is seated in a chair in front of the building; he holds a crutch under one arm and a long clay pipe which he is smoking with the other. A tankard rests on the arm of the chair. Above his head another sign is attached to the building that reads "Nate [sic, neat] Post Chase and Whisky [sic, Whiskey] / Nate Malt Licker [Liquor] / entertainmint [sic] for Man & Baste [sic, beast]" while on display at the front of the building is an image of a large bird descending on a startled-looking baby, seen in profile [many public houses in England were called 'The Eagle and Child', most famously the pub in St Giles' Street, Oxford owned by St. John's College, Oxford which is nicknamed 'The Bird and Baby'. The image is said to refer to a story of a noble-born baby having been found in an eagle's nest]. On the side of the building, a sign of a bunch of hanging grapes juts out from the eaves of the building, indicating that wine is sold there. |
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| In collection: | Volume two of a collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
[Dublin :
William] McCleary, Nassau St.,
n.d., ca. 1809-1816?].
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| Subjects: | |
| Notes: | Physical description: 1 print : hand coloured etching, image 20 x 30.8 cm., on sheet 21.7 x 32 cm., cropped within platemark, mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm.. |
| Arrangement: | Item |
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Posting in Ireland. Forward immediately your Honour: But sure a'nt I waiting for the Girl with the Poker Just to give this Mare a burn you Honour, tis just to make her start your Honour.
Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St.
[graphic].
| In Collection: | Volume two of a collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin |
|---|---|
| Description: | Lettered with title "Posting in Ireland" and in subscript, "Forward immediately your Honour: But sure a'nt I waiting for the Girl with the Poker Just to give this Mare a burn you Honour, tis just to make her start your Honour". Publication line "Pub. by McCleary, Nassau St." within plate. Satirical print featuring a sole male passenger within a coach who has an expression of consternation on his face - the coach is held together with rope and both of the man's legs stick out - from the front and on the underside of the coach, while the roof of the coach appears to be made of thatch and a hen is perched on top of it. The man appears to hit the coach driver in front with his stick (in an effort to start or resume his journey); the coach driver has a very large stick with a whip attached to the end with which he is beating the two exhausted and malnourished horses that lead the coach. On the far side of the road, a man wields a pike and holding it with both hands over his head, it about to bring it down on the horses with some force. In the background is a road-sign - the arrow to the left has "to Athlone [Co. Westmeath]" written on it, while the arrow facing the opposite direction has "to Ballyragget [a small town in Co. Kilkenny]" written on it. From the right foreground, a young, barefoot woman wearing a dress with a very low bodice, approaches; she holds a hot poker [the implication being that she will touch the horses with it and the heat of the poker will startle them into continuing on their journey]. In the background is a tavern which functions as a stage station or post [stagecoaches made long journeys with scheduled trips using stage stations or posts where the stagecoach's horses would be replaced by fresh horses]. A sign on displays over the closed door reads "The New Thatched House Tavern". A man with a wooden leg is seated in a chair in front of the building; he holds a crutch under one arm and a long clay pipe which he is smoking with the other. A tankard rests on the arm of the chair. Above his head another sign is attached to the building that reads "Nate [sic, neat] Post Chase and Whisky [sic, Whiskey] / Nate Malt Licker [Liquor] / entertainmint [sic] for Man & Baste [sic, beast]" while on display at the front of the building is an image of a large bird descending on a startled-looking baby, seen in profile [many public houses in England were called 'The Eagle and Child', most famously the pub in St Giles' Street, Oxford owned by St. John's College, Oxford which is nicknamed 'The Bird and Baby'. The image is said to refer to a story of a noble-born baby having been found in an eagle's nest]. On the side of the building, a sign of a bunch of hanging grapes juts out from the eaves of the building, indicating that wine is sold there. |
| Created: |
[Dublin :
William] McCleary, Nassau St.,
n.d., ca. 1809-1816?].
|
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 print : hand coloured etching, image 20 x 30.8 cm., on sheet 21.7 x 32 cm., cropped within platemark, mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm.. |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Call Number: |
PD 2121 TX 2 (41)
(Collection unavailable) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |