Pitt and Lord Clare carry off Erin from Ireland to England seated on the British lion which leaps the 'Irish Sea' and is about to land on a grassy cliff inscribed 'Holyhead'. Pitt, dishevelled, has the reins and triumphantly holds out his sword. Behind him sits Erin, making a gesture of despair; Clare, wearing his Chancellor's wig and gown, holds her round the waist, saying, "Push on my dear Boy, here's St Patrick and all his wild Irish Pat-riots at our heels - " The three are linked by a ribbon inscribed 'Union Belt'. Erin has dropped in the sea her harp, a crown, and a wreath of shamrock. On the Irish side of the Channel men riding galloping Irish bulls are in hot pursuit. St. Patrick, wearing a mitre and holding out a crown, has reached the coast. Behind are five men, the foremost, with a club or shillelah, shouts "O you terrible Thief with the sword to run away with our Beauty from the Lads of Shillelee! A fellow without any bottom too! Oh murder! murder! ten times murder." Next is the Speaker, Foster, in wig and gown, holding the mace; he says: "Poor Girl She'll be nicly [sic] Foster'd in his bosom Ock hone oh." Grattan follows, holding a club. Two others appear, like the first, to be undifferentiated Irishmen.  1800
<br>Hand-coloured etching
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