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44 History 53 1844. A scrapbook compiled by Daniel O’Connell while imprisoned in Richmond Bridewell, Dublin. Compiled for his daughter Eliza, with a dedication in his hand on a page pasted into the scrap book: Daniel O’Connell M.P. for the County of Cork, Richmond Bridewell, 5th September 1844, The last day of the unjust Captivity, Written for his most fondly most tenderly loved daughter, Eliza O’Connell”, also signed by the following: “Tho.s Matw Ray - Secretary of the Repeal Association; Richmond Bridewell 5th Septr. 1844; Thomas Steele, O’Connell’s Head Pacificator Of Ireland; Charles Gavan Duffy Editor of The Nation; John Gray Editor of The Freeman; Richard Barrett Edr Pilot; John O’Connell MP Kilkenny City 5th Septr 1845, Richmond Bridewell, Written for his darling wife.” Original green calf embossed, by La Fabrique de Fenoux, Paris. 69 pages - 67 with cut-out illustrations, plates from books, etc. The collection was added to by Eliza and other members of the O’Connell family. A remarkable and intimate relic of ‘The Liberator’. Eliza O’Connell; Thence by descent to the present owner Liverpool Catholic Exhibition, lent by Dr John O’Connell Condition: Very good. Amongst the prints in the album are Clemens August, Archbishop of Cologne, 1838; BL Dumartie, member of the Belgian Chamber of Deputies, the O’Connell silhouette published by J Bell of Belfast, Sloperton Cottage, home of his friend the poet Thomas Moore, views of Bowood (where the Marquis of Lansdowne entertained the likes of Tallyrand, O’Connell’s friend the poet Thomas Moore, Lord Macauley and Jeremy Bentham), Derrynane Abbey, Views of Welsh castles, etc. One page headed “Hints to Travellers” has four prints of hotels with O’Connell’s recommendations, including Hotel de Hollande - à Mayence, “most excellent & comfortable”; Hotel de L’Empereur Romain a Francfort, “Extreme inattention & discomfort”; Hotel du Rhin à Cologne; “Pretty good, but the best is La grand Rheinburg”; Hotel Tréves a Coblentz, “Very good.” Many of the prints are titled beneath in ink or pencil by Daniel O’Connell. Estimate €3000-€5000 (approx £2,730-£4,550) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 53