NCO191290 Horrors of the Irish Union: Botheration of Poor Pat, or A Whisper across the Channel, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1798 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; (add.info.: the Act of Union proposed by Prime Minister William Pitt (1759-1806) would unite Ireland with Great Britain; Britannia offering gold and money; stepping on serpent of discord; Charles James Fox (1749-1806) and supporters hiding in bushes;); English, out of copyright.