WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

22 History 41 1829. A case of abduction. The statements of Mary Moran and Elizabeth Moran. The joined statements of Mary Moran and Elizabeth Moran of Ballyconnel andWilliam Doyle of Hacketstown made before four Magistrates. In which Mary and her witnesses claim that “a large body of men, which included Denis and Peter Whelan of Ballybrack, collected around her at the fair of Hacketstown on the 5th February 1829, armed with sticks and other weapons, seized hold of Mary and carried her away a considerable distance for the purpose of compelling her to marry one of the men against her consent by force and violence”. Signed by all mentioned above. A rare original document detailing a chilling account of this barbaric practice. 14 by 9in. (35.6 by 22.9cm) Condition: A few edge tears away from text, very good. “Abduction can be described as the practice of carrying off a woman with the purpose of compelling her to marry a particular man who would then have access to the available dowry of money, land or other property, tied to the woman. Abduction was a noted phenomenon of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and, within the context of the history of marriage in Ireland.”- Marriage in Ireland 1660-1925 - Mary O’ Dowd and Maria Luddy - Cambridge University Press Many such abductions went unreported because of the severity of punishment for such crimes which often resulted in execution or transportation. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 41 42 Early 19th century coloured cartoon prints. (14) Mostly circa 1830 including Reform Bill HB Sketch 131, Negro Servant and Dutch Trumpeter by Steedon, An Open Countenance and Pro Bono and The Laughing Stock 5, 8 and 11 by U. Hodgson, etc. Condition: Mainly fine. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 42