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Cruikshank here uses the coaching imagery found in a slightly earlier group of satires by William Heath to focus on protagonists involved with the Catholic Emancipation debates of 1829. This representation of a red-faced priest satirizes Daniel O'Connell.
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Title: The Guard as look after the Reg'lar Out-an'-Outer vot drives the Hero!
Artist:
Isaac Robert Cruikshank (British, London 1789–1856 London)
Publisher:
Gabriel Shire Tregear (British, active 1828–40)
Subject:
Daniel O'Connell (Irish, Cahirciveen, Kerry 1775–1847 Genoa)
Subject:
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (British, 1769–1852)
Date: 1829
Medium: Hand-colored etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 14 3/16 × 9 13/16 in. (36 × 25 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Adele S. Gollin, 1976
Accession Number: 1976.602.90
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