![Caricature (a) [Erin as a nude figure kneeling before Lord MacDonnell]](/internal/media/dispatcher/1269/preview)
Caricature (a) [Erin as a nude figure kneeling before Lord MacDonnell]
Artist
Sir William Orpen
(1878 - 1931)
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions26.7 x 17.7 cm
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Lane Bequest, 1913.
Object number171
DescriptionThis is a caricature drawing showing Ireland (Erin) personified as a naked woman on her knees, imploring a rather grotesque and emaciated naked male figure with large feet and the head of Lord MacDonnell. There is an Irish harp lying at the feet of the woman. The head of Lord MacDonnell is turned directly towards the viewer at an impossible angle to his body: it appears to be almost twisting off.On View
Not on view![Caricature (d) [The artist on brink of precipice carrying Michael Davitt, William O'Brien, and Lord MacDonnell on his back] (Enough)](/internal/media/dispatcher/16492/thumbnail)
![Caricature (c) [Head Lord MacDonnell with body of bird - arms and feet represented as birds claws] (Jabberwockky)](/internal/media/dispatcher/16491/thumbnail)
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