File:The surprizing Irish giant of St, James's Street. (BM 1868,0808.5425).jpg
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[edit]The surprizing Irish giant of St, James's Street.
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Print made by: Thomas Rowlandson
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| Title |
The surprizing Irish giant of St, James's Street. |
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| Description |
English: The giant, good-looking and slim, his legs disproportionately long, stands in a room surrounded by admiring spectators. He rests his right hand on the head of a foppish young man in regimentals. An elderly officer (left) stands on a chair inspecting him through a spy-glass. A young man in riding-dress holds out one enormously thick leg, his other leg being thin. A fat lady (right) clutches the giant's coat. A fat parson gazes up at him and a dog fawns on his right leg. A buxom courtesan enters through a door on the left. On the wall is a placard: 'The Surprising Irish Collossus. King of the Giants Measuring Eight Feet Five (?) Inches . . . Noble Order of St Patrick'. 27 March 1785
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| Depicted people | Associated with: Patrick Cotter | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1785 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | paper | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1868,0808.5425 |
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| Notes |
(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VI, 1938) A portrait of Patrick Cotter, who called himself O'Brien, claiming descent from Brian, king of Ireland. He exhibited himself in England from c. 1779 to 1804. 'D.N.B.', where this print (presumably) is called an engraving by T. Smith; Kay, ii. 115-17. Grego, 'Rowlandson', i. 154. [Grego cites Capt. E. Thompson's Diary under date 18 Nov. 1784, but the passage relates to Charles Byrne, 1761-83, with whom Cotter is often confused.] |
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| Source/Photographer | https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5425 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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© The Trustees of the British Museum, released as CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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