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A spirited debate upon Poteen shewing the advantages over ye legal Irish whiskey / [Williams].

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J. Sidebotham

A spirited debate upon Poteen shewing the advantages over ye legal Irish whiskey / [Williams].

Published

[London] : J. Sidebotham, 1816.

engraving
8 11/16 x 13 inches
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2007
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

A depiction of a meeting of Parliament, with a large, verbose speech bubble issuing from Montague Mathew, MP for Tipperary, discussing the illegal Irish liquor poteen.

Associated names
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Sidebotham, J., publisher.
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, engraver.
Classification
Department