Derrick[e] John (fl. 1581), an English engraver who accompanied Sir Henry Sidney on campaigns against Hugh O'Neill in the 1570s. His detailed woodcuts in The Image of Irelande with A Discovery of Woodkarne (1581) depict contemporary scenes in camp and battle, and record contemporary Irish customs, dress and methods of warfare.
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