Poster for the Irish Giant Patrick Murphy
Also known as: Affiche voor de Ierse reus Patrick Murphy
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
c. 1855 - 1862
Inscription, verso, handwritten: ‘Afbeelding van den/ Ierschen Reus/ M. Murphij/ Haarlem 4 July 1858./ geb. 15 Aug. 1836 in het/ Graafschap Down, in het Noordelyk Ierland, in de/ parochie Kibioney. Hy was/ de tweede Zoon van eenen landbouwer/ Hij heeft de lengte van 9 voet/ en weegt 817 pond’. The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, holds this object as RP-P-2022-3622; its record gives material recorded as paper; technique lining; measurements height 807 mm x width 620 mm. Description translated from the museum's Dutch catalogue text; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- paper
- Technique
- lining
- Measurements
- height 807 mm x width 620 mm
- Dimensions museum
- height 807 mm x width 620 mm
Identification
- Original title
- Affiche voor de Ierse reus Patrick Murphy
- Holding institution
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Museum object number
- RP-P-2022-3622
- Museum classification
- poster · print
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Research required: this record describes a single museum object; confirm the wider type, attribution, dimensions, marks and catalogue references against poster and printing-history references.