Village Oratory

[graphic].
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Cole, Charles William., fl. 1880-1905, artist
Summary:View of a crowd surrounding a man standing on a wall, beside a river and bridge. In the background are houses, cottages and the ruins of a church or castle in the distance.
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [November 1880].
Subjects:
Notes:Title inscribed in ink l.r. on sheet.

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 he covered the so-called Boycott Relief Expedition (12th - 26th November, 1880), in which the army escorted 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 10.8 x 17.3 cm., pasted on sheet 26.4 x 34.6 cm..

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Credits:Attributed to C.W. Cole, (fl. 1880-1905).