Boycott
[graphic].
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| Summary: | 2 sketches. Top sketch shows geese with the inscription in ink "I look at the gutters geese - and wonder - are they free from politics". Bottom sketch shows a man on crutches with a woman in a shawl behind him. Beside this is the inscription in ink "Ah y'll hoot him, Tim.", "I will, I will". |
| Format: | Prints & Drawings |
| Language: | English |
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[between 12th and 26th November, 1880].
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| Notes: | Title inscribed in ink l.c. on image. C.W. Cole spent time in Ireland working as a special artist for the The Graphic reporting on the events relating to the Irish Land League, 1880. At Ballinrobe, County Mayo, Ireland, he covered the so-called Boycott Relief Expedition (12th - 26th November, 1880) where the army had to escort the 50 "Orange Labourers", employed to save Captain Boycott's crops, to and from their camp at Lough Mask. Physical description: 1 drawing : pen ; image 17 x 10 cm., on sheet 26.5 x 34.6 cm.. more |
| Credits: | Attributed to C.W. Cole, (fl. 1880-1905). |
