The Right Honourable Lord Viscount O Niell [John O'Neill]

Born Jany. 18th 1740, Died June 18th 1798 having been mortally wounded on the 7th in the town of Antrim by a party of rebels whom he was gallantly opposing in their attack on the King's troops. Flebilis Occidit
Drawn by J.D. Herbert from a portrait painted by the Revd. Wm. Peters in the year 1778; engraved by J.W. Reynolds.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Reynolds, Samuel William, 1773-1835, engraver.
Contributors: Joly, Jaspar Robert, 1819-1892, donor
Summary:John O'Neill, 1st Viscount , M.P. (1740-1798). Three-quarter-length, standing, directed and looking to right, in slashed suit with lace collar and cuffs, right hand resting on sword. Curtain in background to left, pillar to right.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [S.l. : s.n. , n.d., post 1798]
Subjects:
Notes:One of two similar impressions. For details of the other impression see EP ONEI-JO (1) IV

Physical description: 1 print : mezzotint ; image on sheet 45 x 33.7 cm.

Citations/References: Catalogue of Engraved Irish Portraits and Original Drawings / Rosalind M. Elmes. - Dublin : Stationery Office, [1938], p. 159

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EP ONEI-JO (1A) III
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