Irish Collection (page 25)

A Waiting Game, 1886. Artist: John Tenniel
A Waiting Game, 1886. Lord Randolph Churchill (left) trying to make Charles Stewart Parnell, Irish politician, show his hand and let Churchill

King O Connell at Tara, 1843. Daniel O Connell (1775-1841) Irish politician, The Liberator, leader of the Repeal (of union with Britain) movement, shown as the King of the Irish

The Shadow Dance, 1843. Daniel O Connell (1775-1847) The Liberator, Irish politician and leader of the Repeal (of union with Britain) movement, shown as a man of little substance

Horatio Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916), Irish-born British soldier and statesman. Kitchener was commander of British forces during the Boer War (1899-1902)

Demonstration against Joseph Chamberlain, Ireland, 1899. Artist: Oswaldo Tofani
Demonstration against Joseph Chamberlain, Ireland, 1899. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 31st December 1899

Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. Artist: Swan Electric Engraving Company
Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century Anglo-Irish writer and feminist. A writer with radical political views on a range of issues fincluding womens rights, education

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, critic and Fabian, c1930. The author of such well known works as Pygmalion and Saint Joan, Shaw was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1925

Ophelia and Laertes (or Ophelia Here is Rosemary ), 1879. Artist: William Gorman Wills
Ophelia and Laertes (or Ophelia Here is Rosemary ), 1879. Scene depicting the two characters from Shakespeares tragedy Hamlet. From a private collection

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn (1811-1885), British statesman, c1880. He served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1866-1868, and 1874-1876

Irish nationalists at Mullinahone acclaiming William Smith O Brien as their leader, July 1848
Muster of Irish nationalists at Mullinahone acclaiming William Smith O Brien (1803-1864) as their leader, July 1848. The Insurrection failed

John Tyndall, Irish-born British physicist, 1872. Tyndall (1820-1893) was appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at the Royal Institution, London in 1854

Michael William Balfe, Irish-born British composer and singer, 1870. A prolific operatic composer, Balfe (1808-1870) is best remembered for his opera The Bohemian Girl (1843)

Irish peasant girl guarding the familys last few possessions, 1886
Irish peasant girl guarding the familys last few possessions after eviction for non-payment of rent. From The Illustrated London News, April 1886. Wood engraving

Evicted Irish peasant family, 1848. Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due to blight, evicted from their tumbledown cottage

Taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant on board ship, (1840s) c1890
Taking the pulse of a sick Irish emigrant on board ship bound for North America during the potato famine of the 1840s, c1890. Wood engraving

Irish Potato Famine, 1842
Irish Potato Famine, Government potato store being attacked by starving inhabitants of Galway. From The Illustrated London News, June 1842. Wood engraving

Irish farmers carrying home their seed potatoes, 1888. Wood engraving

Queenstown / Cobh, harbour for Cork City
Queenstown/Cobh, the harbour for Cork City. Between 1845 and 1860 above 2.5 million people emigrated from Ireland through Cobh. Also last port of call the SS Titanic

St Matthew from the Book of Kells, c800. The Book of Kells is a manuscript of the Four Gospels originally thought to have been produced in Ireland in the 6th century at the time of St Columba

Mary Wollstonecraft, 18th century English teacher, writer and feminist. A writer with radical political views on a range of issues fincluding womens rights, education

Garnet Joseph Wolseley, Viscount Wolseley, Irish-born British soldier, c1880. In 1885 Wolseley (1833-1914) arrived at Khartoum too late to relieve General Gordon

Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress, c1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Ada Rehan, Irish-born American actress, c1890. Ada Rehan (1860-1916) in the breeches role of Rosalind in As You Like Itby William Shakespeare. From The Cabinet Portrait Gallery. (London, 1890-1894)

Robert Stawell Ball (1840-1913), Irish astronomer and mathematician, c1890. A populariser of science, Ball served as Lord Rosses astronomer at Parsonstown, in Ireland

Cover of The Irish Golfer, March 19, 1902

Postcard advertising golfing trips to Ireland, c1910. Travelling by the London and North Western Railway, operating between the ports of Liverpool, Heysham and Stranraer

Salisbury Sisyphus, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
Salisbury Sisyphus, 1887. Lord Salisbury, the Conservative Prime Minister, pushes the boulder of Irish Difficulty up a steep slope

Dressing the Window, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
Dressing the Window, 1886. The new Conservative Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, decides upon the new shop window. He is being shown a bolt of Irish Policy by his young Chancellor of the Exchequer

The Finish, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Finish, 1886. This is a companion cartoon to The Start, published on 3rd July 1886. Lord Salisbury, the Leader in the Lords of the Conservative Party

Stay, Prithee, Stay!, 1886. Artist: Joseph Swain
Stay, Prithee, Stay!, 1886. Little Lord Randolph Churchill for the Conservatives, and Joseph Chamberlain for the Radical wing of the Liberals, beg Charles Parnell to keep his seat

The Irish Vampire, 1885. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Irish Vampire, 1885. A vampire bat hovers over a prone Hibernia. From Punch, or the London Charivari, From Punch, or the London Charivari, October 24, 1885

The Open Door!, 1885. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Open Door!, 1885. Captain Moonlight, the representative of Irish anarchy, has his knife in his belt and his rifle in his hand as he steps through the open door

His First!, 1885. Following Irish campaigns of violence, security at public buildings was tight and, in this cartoon, a suspicious policeman questions a barrister carrying his brief

The Dynamite Skunk, 1884. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Dynamite Skunk, 1884. John Bull shouts across the water at America. There had been a number of explosions in London in recent months

Police Intelligence, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
Police Intelligence, 1883. The Liberal Home Secretary, Sir William Harcourt, accepts Mr Punchs salute. In the background, a line of brave British policemen stand to attention

The Hidden Hand, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
The hidden hand, 1883. This cartoon shows an Irish anarchist, armed with knife and pistol, surreptitiously accepting a bag of gold

On the Trail, 1883. Artist: Joseph Swain
On the Trail, 1883. Justitia, armed with her sword, is followed here by a shrinking Hibernia. During the course of the previous year, the new Chief Secretary for Ireland, Lord Frederick Cavendish

Times Waxworks, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Times Waxworks, 1881. Father Time shows Mr Punch around Madame Tussauds, the waxwork museum of celebrities that opened in 1802

Two Forces, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Two Forces, 1881. Britannia, armed with a large sword labelled The Law, protects Hibernia from a stone-throwing, animalistic Irish anarchist

Suspense, 1881. Artist: Joseph Swain
Suspense, 1881. Hibernia, with two Irish children, awaits the forthcoming Land Reform Act. This was introduced by the Liberal Prime Minister, Gladstone

The Irish Guy Fawkes, 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
The Irish Guy Fawkes, 1880. This cartoon shows Charles Parnell, the Irish Nationalist leader, creeping past the barrels of the gunpowder of Rebellion, Sedition and Anarchy

A Daniel Come to Judgement!, 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Daniel Come to Judgement!, 1880. The ghost of Daniel O Connell is shown telling an armed Irish agitator to lay down his weapon

Will He Clear It?, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Will He Clear It?, 1873. The horse being ridden by Liberal Prime Minister, Mr Gladstone, approaches the stone wall entitled Irish Education

Come a Cropper!, 1873. Artist: Joseph Swain
Come a Cropper!, 1873. Mr Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister, stands beside his fallen steed, as a bunch of assorted Irish priests and peasants shuffle off

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

Wheres The (Irish) Police?, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Wheres The (Irish) Police?, 1870. This cartoon relates to Irelands recent rise in the levels of agrarian crime and Mr Gladstone muses on whether or not he should take any action

Taking the (Irish) Bull by the Horns, 1870. Artist: Joseph Swain
Taking the (Irish) Bull by the Horns, 1870. Mr Gladstone, the Liberal Prime Minister, takes the Irish bull by the horns. The particular issue illustrated by this cartoon is the Irish Land Bill which

Home-(Rule)-Opathy, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Home-(Rule)-Opathy, 1874. Mr Isaac Butt, the moderate leader of the Irish Home Rule Party opens a box labelled Home Rule. Ireland sits by her small fire with her meagre possessions on a stool beside

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