Fenian Collection

The head-quarters of the Fenian Brotherhood at New York, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The head-quarters of the Fenian Brotherhood at New York, 1865

The Fenian Prisoners at the Bow-Street Police Court: examination of the prisoners
The Fenian Prisoners at the Bow-Street Police Court [in London]: examination of the prisoners, 1868

The Fenian Prisoners at the Bow-Street Police Court: removal of prisoners from the courthouse, 1868

Fenian! Écoutez votre ami l'Américain faites la guerre à l'Angleterre
Fenian! Ecoutez votre ami l'Americain faites la guerre a l'Angleterre. -Pardon! Mais serait-ce la guerre qui vous aurait mis dans cet etat la? Je demenderais alors a reflechir, 1865

Cette pauvre Albion! Ces satanés farceurs de fénians finissent par lui enlever toutes
Cette pauvre Albion! Ces satanes farceurs de fenians finissent par lui enlever toutes ses affaires, 1866. Series: Actualites; Periodical: Le Charivari, Saturday, 6 January 1866

Corporation Row, Finsbury, London, c1867; view of police standing amongst debris after a Fenian bomb explosion in Corporation Row, 1867 aimed at blowing up the House of Detention

Arrest of Charles O Connell, (late 19th century). O Connell was an Irish Fenian leader. From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol IX

Freeing of the Fenian Conspiracy leaders from a police van, Hyde Street, Manchester, 1867

Another Empty Weapon, 1872. Artist: Joseph Swain
Another Empty Weapon, 1872. The notorious Republican, Sir Charles Dilke, is apprehended by a tall and manly Policeman Gladstone

Kick d Out!!, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Kick d Out!!, 1870. A burly Canadian kicks a representative of the Irish Fenian movement out of Canada and back to America where President Grant is waiting. This relates to a long-running problem

Silencing The Trumpet (after Aesop. ), 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Silencing The Trumpet (after Aesop.), 1870. Mr Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister, is depicted in the uniform of the chief constable in this cartoon

The Irish Treason Shop, 1869. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Irish Treason Shop, 1869. The Fenian movement was still causing the British Government problems

How Not To Do It, 1869. Artist: Joseph Swain
How Not To Do It, 1869. The Fenian movement was still causing the British Government problems

The Fenian-Pest, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
The Fenian-Pest, 1866

The Real Irish Court; Or, The Head Centre And The Dis-Senters, 1866. Artist: John Tenniel
The Real Irish Court; or, The Head Centre and The Dis-Senters, 1866.This cartoon depicts an outbreak of violence amongst the Irish Fenian movement

Rebellion Had Bad Luck, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Rebellion Had Bad Luck, 1865. An Irish Fenian activist is kicked out of the country by John Bull

Fenians In A Fix, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Fenians In A Fix, 1865. His Riverance remarks; Ah, Thin, Mr Bull, if the Boys had Listened to Me, they d have been out of that Ontirely. Two mutinous Fenians are clamped in the stocks

Erins Little Difficulty, 1865. Artist: John Tenniel
Erins Little Difficulty, 1865

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