Irish Stew: Not All Hot – Rather Too Much So

Mssrs. Fores

ca. 1840 · Lithograph · Drawings and Prints

This political satire published by Fores comments on political responses to the Irish Potato Famine. A man standing at left with a spoon (probably William Lamb, Viscount Melbourne, prime minister 1834-41) says "That's the Irish fashion, its reckoned an amendment," while others seated at a table near a huge basin labeled "Irish Stew à la Normande" say "The Taters want skinned and the Peel has nearly choked me," "There don't seem to be enough Lambs Head in it or it would be more palatable," and "This will nearly settle our Hash its so scalding hot." Sir Robert Peel was the leader of the Conservative Party in Parliament and became prime minister in 1841, and the dialogue references the rivalry between Peel and Melbourne (Lamb).

Artist

Mssrs. Fores

Date

ca. 1840

Medium

Lithograph

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 2014