WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 5 MAY 2018

History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 5 MAY 2018 AT 11AM 51 1887 Unionist Demonstration, Dublin, genuine and forged tickets. A ticket for the Unionist Demonstration, New Leinster Hall, Dublin, Tuesday, 29 November, 1887, in a folding frame with a forged version of the ticket. 6 by 14in. (15.2 by 35.6cm) The meeting was addressed by the Marquess of Hartington, later 8th Duke of Devonshire’ whose younger brother Lord Frederick Cavendish had been murdered in the Phoenix Park in 1886. The Irish Times Wednesday, November 30, 1887 reports that ‘At the outset of the proceedings it became apparent that a small minority was present who had conceived the purpose of breaking up the proceedings. Forged tickets were printed and were freely offered for sale at the last moment. But the deception was clumsy. A few gained admission to the Hall and during the evening strove to create a disturbance.’ Estimate €200-€300 approx (£170-£260 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 51 52 1891 (13 October and 19 December) Weekly National Journal, cartoon illustrations of John Redmond. Two hand-coloured supplements to the Weekly National Press, 31 October 1891, ‘The Leader of the Irish Race at Home and Abroad’, lampooning John Redmond, who in legal wig and gown fails to be elected in the 1891 Cork bye-election having resigned his seat for Wexford to contest it; and 19 December 1891 ‘A Christmas Greeting to Waterford’ depicting Redmond as a mob-leader following violence between Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions during the campaign for the Waterford by-election of 23 December 1891, which Redmond won. Framed. 14.50 by 10in. (36.8 by 25.4cm) Estimate €150-€200 approx (£130-£170 approx.) Click Here for Large Images & To Bid 52