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Samuel Ireland

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Smithsonian

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Smithsonianhttps://www.si.edu/object/chndm_1949-152-94
Tier 1 · Institutional90%

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Samuel Ireland was an English author and engraver best known as the chief victim of the Ireland Shakespeare forgeries created by his son, William Henry Ireland.

Source: Smithsonian Institution · Trust score: 90% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (8)

William Shakespeare

1795 · Etching

Plate: 9 1/4 × 6 11/16 in. (23.5 × 17 cm) Sheet: 9 7/16 × 6 11/16 in. (24 × 17 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hogarth's Shop Card

1790 · Etching and engraving

plate: 3 7/8 x 5 in. (9.9 x 12.7 cm) sheet: 5 1/4 x 6 5/8 in. (13.4 x 16.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Some of the Principal Inhabitants of the Moon, as They Were Perfectly Discovered by a Telescope...

1788 · Etching and engraving

sheet: 10 5/16 x 7 13/16 in. (26.2 x 19.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Discovery

1788 · Etching and engraving; second state of three

sheet: 7 13/16 x 8 7/16 in. (19.8 x 21.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Benefit Ticket for Spiller

1788 · Etching

plate: 4 3/16 x 5 11/16 in. (10.7 x 14.5 cm) sheet: 6 3/16 x 9 in. (15.7 x 22.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Satan, Sin and Death (Paradise Lost, Book II)

1788 · Etching and engraving

Sheet: 9 x 9 15/16 in. (22.8 x 25.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

William Hogarth, Self Portrait

1785 · Etching

Sheet: 9 5/16 x 7 9/16 in. (23.7 x 19.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Remains of the Old Priory and Mathematical School, Christ's Hospital

1775 · Watercolor, with pen and blue ink and touches of pen and black ink, on cream wove paper

12.9 × 17.5 cm (5 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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8 published of 8 catalogued · 8 with image

The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
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