William Tell was a (presumably pseudonymous) nationalist cartoonist who published a series of twelve cartoons entitled "Hints & Hits" in Dublin in 1844, each costing a penny, or tuppence for a hand-coloured copy. The cartoons were in response to the Daniel O'Connell's campaign to repeal the Act of Union, his cancellation of the pro-Repeal "monster meeting" at Clontarf, and his trial on charges of conspiring to undermine the constitution and alienating the armed forces from their allegiance.
Hints & Hits[]
1. "Moral against Physical Force"
2. "Staggering Bob"
3. Trial by Jury
4. "The State Forge"
5. "Ireland Victorious"
6. State Bill-Stickers"
7. "A Standing Army"
8. "The Irish Lion"
9. "More Power to Paddy"
10. "O'Connell driving the foreign toads and vipers from the land"
11. "National Education"
12. "Justice to Ireland"
References[]
- Peter Gray, "‘hints and hits’: Irish caricature and the trial of Daniel O’Connell, 1843–4", History Ireland Vol 12 issue 4, 2004
- Multitext Project in Irish History: Cartoons and carticatures of O'Connell, University College Cork
- Ireland in Schools photo album: Daniel O'Connell, Catholic Emancipation & Repeal of the Union