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The Scare Crows Arrival, or Honest Pat Giving them an Irish Welcome, 10 June 1803

 Item — Box: LF104/7 Box 1
Reference code: LF104/7/23
The Scare Crows Arrival, or Honest Pat Giving them an Irish Welcome, 10 June 1803
The Scare Crows Arrival, or Honest Pat Giving them an Irish Welcome, 10 June 1803

Scope and Contents

Artist: Isaac Cruikshank. Published: S. W. Fores. An Irish peasant, uncouth and brawny, stands on the sea-shore using his spade to fling earth and stones against French invaders headed by Napoleon. All the Frenchmen are skeletons dressed as soldiers and holding weapons. Napoleon (right) steps out of the water flourishing a sabre; one leg-bone is in a jack-boot, the other terminates in a hoof. The heads and shoulders of his marching troops emerge from the water, their grisly jaws wide open. Napoleon says: "Now my boys halloo away. - vil frighten Mr Bull out of his wits, we vil make him quake like the Dutch, the Italian, the Swiss and the rest of our Friends." Pat says: "Och it is your own pratty figure it is, Master Bonny, d'ye think that Pat was to be blarney 'd by such Scare Crows, no - no - Bother, the time is gone by, Pat's Eyes are wide open & look ye, if you d'ont immediately Jump into the Sea to save your lives, I will shovel you all there to save mine." Behind him (left) is a low stone fortification on which cannon are mounted, with a notice: 'Man Traps & Spring Guns Beware.' Description from the British Museum.

Dates

  • Creation: 10 June 1803

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1.0 Item(s)

Language of Materials

English