Irish Collection (page 22)

Daniel O Connell, (1775-1847), 19th century. Irelands predominant political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century

Blarney Castle, Ireland, 19th century. Artist: John L Stoddard
Blarney Castle, Ireland, 19th century. The castle, near Cork, is the home of the Blarney Stone, believed to bestow the gift of eloquence when kissed

Presentation of the Freedom of the City to Mr Gladstone, 1877. Gladstone in the Council Chambers, Dublin. William Ewart Gladstone MP (1809-1898), British Liberal Prime Minister

Thomas Power O Connor, Irish journalist and politician, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Thomas Power O Connor, Irish journalist and politician, 1926. Portrait of O Connor (1848-1929). Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, Ulster leader and advocate, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Edward Carson, 1st Baron Carson, Ulster leader and advocate, 1926. Portrait of Carson (1854-1935) who was a lawyer, and leader of the Irish Unionists

Professor John Tyndall, Irish natural philosopher, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Professor John Tyndall, Irish natural philosopher, c1890. Tyndall (1820-1893) was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution

Hugh NcCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, c1890. Born in Ireland, Cairns (1810-1885) entered Parliament as a member for Belfast in 1852

Justin McCarthy, Irish historian, author and nationalist politician, (c1905). McCarthy (1830-1912) served as a Liberal and Home Rule MP from 1879 until 1900

Feargus Edward O Connor, (1794-1855), 19th century. Portrait of the Irish Chartist leader and advocate of the Land Plan. Illustration from The Life and Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson

Burke, the Great Orator, 18th century (c1850s). Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was one of the greatest Parliamentary speakers during the reign of George III

Alfred Elmore, artist and Royal Academician, 1881. Elmore (1815-1881), first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1834, when aged only 19

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, politician and statesman, 1881. Born in Ireland, Cairns (1810-1885) entered Parliament as a member for Belfast in 1852

John Tyndall, DCL, LLD, FRS, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution, 1877. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
John Tyndall, DCL, LLD, FRS, Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution, 1877. From Men of Mark: a gallery of contemporary portraits of men distinguished in the Senate, the Church

William Howard Russell, Esq, LLD, Irish journalist, 1876. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
William Howard Russell, Esq, LLD, Irish journalist, 1876. Russell was a war correspondent for the Times who covered the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, American Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War

George Bernard Shaw, Anglo-Irish playwright, 1913. Artist: Lizzie Caswall Smith
George Bernard Shaw, Anglo-Irish playwright, 1913. Shaw (1856-1950) won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925. Supplement to The Bookman, 1913

Thomas Power O Connor, Irish journalist and MP, 1910. Artist: John Henry Frederick Bacon
Thomas Power O Connor, Irish journalist and MP, 1910. TP O Connor (1848-1929) was a prominent Irish nationalist political figure. Supplement to The Bookman, 1910

James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, (1824). Artist: E Scriven
James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Anglo-Irish statesman and soldier, (1824). Butler (1610-1688) commanded the English Royalist forces during the Irish Confederate Wars of the 1640s

James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier, (1831). Artist: H Robinson
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier, (1831). Butler (1665-1745) took command of a cavalry regiment in Ireland in 1684

William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison of Limerick, (1827). Artist: H R Cook
William Villiers, 2nd Viscount Grandison of Limerick, (1827). Portrait of Irish aristocrat Villiers (1614-1643), wearing elaborate lace collar and cuffs

The 87th Princess Victorias (Royal Irish Fusiliers), c1890. Artist: Geoffrey Douglas Giles
The 87th Princess Victorias (Royal Irish Fusiliers), c1890. A coloured lithographic plate from Her Majestys Army by Walter Richards, JS Virtue & Company, (London, c1890)

Sir George Stuart White, British Army general, 1902. Artist: Window & Grove
Sir George Stuart White, British Army general, 1902. White served with the 92nd Highland Regiment and won a VC in the Afghan War

How the Union Jack was made, 1905. Artist: As Forrest
How the Union Jack was made, 1905. The origins of the British flag, showing St Georges cross, (England); St Andrews cross, (Scotland); St Patricks cross

Cyrus Hall McCormick, Irish American farmer, inventor, businessman, and marketer, (c1924). McCormick (1809-1884) became famous as the inventor of the mechanical reaper in 1831

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, Irish engineer, (c1924). Parsons (1854-1931) is best known for his invention of the steam turbine

Maureen O?Sullivan, (1911-1998), Irish actress, 20th century

Thomas Francis Meagher, Irish revolutionary, (1872). Meagher (1823-1867) also served in the United States Army as a brigadier general on the Union side during the American Civil War

Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, British Field Marshal, 1902. Irish-born Wolseley (1833-1913) served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Sepoy Rebellion, China, Canada

Charles Groves in The Elder Miss Blossom, c1902. Artist: Ellis & Walery
Charles Groves in The Elder Miss Blossom, c1902. Irish actor Charles Groves (1841-1909)

Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, 1829. Artist: G Adcook
Richard Colley Wesley, later Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley, 1829. The Marquess (1760-1842) was the brother of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Edmund Malone, Irish Shakespearean scholar, (1815). Artist: Page
Edmund Malone, Irish Shakespearean scholar, (1815). Malone (1741-1812) edited the the works of William Shakespeare

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and Whig statesman, c1788, (1830). Artist: R Hicks
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish playwright and Whig statesman, c1788, (1830). Portrait of Sheridan (1751-1816), Irish-born dramatist and author of The Rivals

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish writer and physician, (19th century). Irish-born British playwright, dramatist, poet and novelist Goldsmith (1730-1774)

Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer, 19th century. Swift (1667-1745) is famous for works like Gullivers Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub

Thomas Moore, Irish poet, 1877. Portrait of Moore (1779-1852)

Sir Walter Scott, Thomas Moore, Lord Byron, Robert Burns, Thomas Campbell, 1877. English, Scottish and Irish writers and poets of the 18th and 19th centuries

The Right Honourable Garnet Joseph Wolseley, British Field Marshal, 1880
The Right Honourable Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley, British Field Marshal, 1880. Irish-born Wolseley (1833-1913) served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Sepoy Rebellion, China

Oscar WiIde, Irish writer, wit and playwright, 1882. Artist: Napoleon Sarony
Oscar WiIde, Irish writer, wit and playwright, 1882. Wilde (1854-1900) was an exponent of art for arts sake. His best known novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray

George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist, 1923. Artist: C Vandyk Ltd
George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist, 1923. Published in The Outline of Literature, by John Drinkwater, London, 1923

Old Irish Low-Back Car, 1901. Artist: R Welsh
Old Irish Low-Back Car, 1901. Illustration from The Process Year Book, A Review of the Illustrated Arts. published by AW Penrose & Co, (London, 1901)

Maureen O Sullivan, Irish born American actress, 1934-1935. Maureen O Sullivan played the role of Jane in six Tarzan movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave

Police Charge Rioters At The Tribune Office, c1860s. In 1863, during the American Civil War, opponents of conscription rioted at the offices of the Daily Tribune in New York

Sir William MacCormac Bart, Irish surgeon, (1903). Artist: Alfred Drury
Sir William MacCormac Bart, Irish surgeon, (1903). MacCormac (1836-1901) worked with the Anglo-American ambulance during the Franco-Prussian War and was an authority on gunshot wounds

Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, British statesman, 1881. Artist: George J Stodart
Hugh McCalmont Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns, British statesman, 1881. Born in Ireland, Cairns (1810-1885) entered Parliament as a member for Belfast in 1852

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman, (1893). Artist: W Roffe
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, British soldier and statesman, (1893). Born in Ireland, Wellesley (1769-1852) commanded the victorious British forces in the Peninsular War

John Tyndall, Irish-born British physicist and populariser of science, c1880. Tyndall (1820-1893) was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution

Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, 1866. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Jo, La Belle Irlandaise, 1866. Jo, the Beautiful Irishwoman. Portrait of Johanna Hiffernan (born c1842)

Kingstown and Dalkey Atmospheric Railway, near Dublin, 1845. This was built on the Samuel Clegg Jnr (1814-1856) and Joseph Samuda (1813-1885) system, also used on the Croydon, the South Devon

Dionysius Lardner, Irish-born scientific writer, 1835. Lardner (1793-1859) was Professor of natural philosophy and astronomy at London University (University College)

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