The Right Honorable Henry Grattan

Engraver Frederick Christian Lewis the Elder , English, 1779-1856

After Nicholas Kenny , British, c.1807-after 1856

Title

Date1839

MediumStipple and etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 22 x 13.7 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 1898

Object numberNGI.11144

DescriptionPortrait of Henry Grattan, MP (1746-1820), a nationalist politician who declared the independence of the Irish parliament in April 1782. Plate for 'Memoir of the Life and Times of Henry Grattan', by his son, 1839.
Inscriptionlower centre (under image, lettered): Engraved by F.C. Lewis from the original by R. Kenny, in Dublin College THE RIGHT HONBLE HENRY GRATTAN / MOVING THE DECLARATION OF RIGHTS / In the Irish House of Commons / 19th April 1782