The Image of Irelande, with a discouerie of VVoodkarne: Title page showing the inscription of anno 1581 donation by the poet William Drummond of Hawthornden to the University of Edinburgh Library.
The Image of Irelande: A soldier holding a battle-axe hands a spear to an Irish chieftain in full dress, with a page holding the chieftain’s horse.
The Image of Irelande: An armed company of the kerne, carrying halberds and pikes and led by a piper, attack and burn a farmhouse and drive off the horses and cattle.
The Image of Irelande: The most famous plate of the set shows the chief of the Mac Sweynes seated at dinner and being entertained by a bard and a harper.
The Image of Irelande: The Irish chieftain receives the priest’s blessing before departing to fight the English, who are shown in full armour.
The Image of Irelande: The English solders return in triumph, carrying severed Irish heads and leading a captive by a halter.
The Image of Irelande: Sir Henry Sidney, Lord-Deputy, accompanied by an armed force, sets out from Dublin Castle for a progress through Ireland.
The Image of Irelande: The English army is drawn up for battle, while Sidney himself parleys with a defiant messenger from the Irish.
The Image of Irelande: Sidney and the English army on the march with standards and trumpets.
The Image of Irelande: The English army puts the Irish army to flight. The piper is cut down with his pipes beside him.
The Image of Irelande: Sir Henry Sidney returns in triumph to Dublin Castle and is received by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen.
The Image of Irelande: Rorie Oge, a wild kerne and a defeated rebel, in the forest with wolves for company.
The Image of Irelande: Turlough Lynagh O’Neale and the other kerne kneel to Sidney in submission. In the background Sidney seems to be embracing O’Neale as a noble friend.