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William Elmes
Irish bog trotters (1812)
hand-coloured etching
21.6 × 32.5 cm (image) 23.1 × 32.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
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Irish bog trotters
(1812)
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
21.6 × 32.5 cm (image) 23.1 × 32.8 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1944
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Tegg, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: London Pub-d (d in superscript above - ) by Tho-s (s in superscript above - ) Tegg –
printed in ink l.r.: –No (o underlined) 111 Cheapside.
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: Price One Shilling Coloured
printed in ink (in image) (on basket) u.c.: Potatoes
printed in ink (in image) (on baskest) c.l.: Turf
printed in ink (in image) (on staff) c.l.: SPRIG OF SHILLELAH
Accession Number
1287-4
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Humour and Satire
Subjects (specific)
caricatures cartoons (humorous images) ducks (birds) flight (escaping) men (male humans) potatoes wetlands women (female humans)
Movements
Regency (British)