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The Illustrious Sons of Ireland
A large hand-coloured aquatint print, by S. Lipschitz,
London, depicting Irish patriots, with names of each
sitter printed on the margin, framed.
21 x 27in. (53.34 x 68.58cm)
Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150
105
Circa 1870. Protest Against British Government
poster
Designed by Brightly, this scarce American poster shows
Emmett flanked by angels holding rolls of names of Irish
patriots including, Mitchel, Meagher, O’Brien, Gavan
Duffy etc. From the commencement of British power...a
line of tyrants has established and perpetrated...an ar-
istocracy destructive...of the interests and social happi-
ness of the people of Ireland”.”
30 x 24in. (76.20 x 60.96cm)
Estimate €100-€150 £70-£110
106
1885 (24 January) ‘Dynamite Sunday’ Fenian
bombing of the Palace of Westminster.
A fragment of carved oak Gothic-revival moulding from
the door of the Division Corridor, House of Commons,
Westminster, bearing a printed paper label describing it
as a Memento of the Dynamite Explosions”.”
24 Jan 1885: Three bombs exploded in London, in the
House of Commons chamber, in Westminster Hall and
in the Banqueting Room of the Tower of London. Two
police officers and four civilians were injured. Two men
were sentenced to penal servitude for life as a result.
Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150
107
Charles Stewart Parnell
A photographic carte de visite by William Lawrence with
a portrait photograph of Parnell; and two memorial
cards commemorating his death in 1891
3_ x 2.10in. (8.89 x 5.33cm)
Estimate €150-€200 £110-£150