"On the dissecting table" - Again - Perhaps. Gavin Duffy, in his farewell address when leaving Ireland, 1855, having described in moving language the disastrous events of six preceding years said-"A change might come, and that it might he fondly prayed ; but unless, and until the existing conditions altered there was no more hope for Ireland than for a corpse upon the dissecting-table." The above gives an idea of what might take place if the Ireland of '86 were like the Ireland of '55. But "a change has come," and our cartoon is but a picture of what might have been. The reality is very different.

"On the dissecting table" - Again - Perhaps.

Gavin Duffy, in his farewell address when leaving Ireland, 1855, having described in moving language the disastrous events of six preceding years said-"A change might come, and that it might he fondly prayed ; but unless, and until the existing conditions altered there was no more hope for Ireland than for a corpse upon the dissecting-table." The above gives an idea of what might take place if the Ireland of '86 were like the Ireland of '55. But "a change has come," and our cartoon is but a picture of what might have been. The reality is very different.
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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: O'Hea, J. F. (John Fergus), ca.1838-1922, artist
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [Dublin] : [P.J. Gormley], 31st July, 1886.
Subjects:
Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, > Lord, > 1849-1895
Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish, > Duke of, > 1833-1908
Salisbury, Robert Cecil, > Marquess of, > 1830-1903
Erin.
Politicians > Great Britain > 1880-1890.
Surgery > Ireland > 1880-1890.
Symbols > Ireland > 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs > Irish > 1880-1890.
Editorial cartoons > Irish > 1880-1890
Political cartoons > Irish > 1880-1890.
Notes:Supplement given away with the Weekly Freeman, 31st July, 1886. Price three half-pence.

Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 29.1 x 44 cm.

Citations/References: Images of Erin in the Age of Parnell / L. Perry Curtis Jr. National Library of Ireland, 2000 ; (Fig 12) p. 28-29.

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Credits:Attributed to John Fergus O'Hea, (ca. 1838-1922).
Call Number View In Collection
PD Weekly Freeman 1886 July 31 (A)
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Access Note
Prints & Drawings
Reproduction rights owned by National Library of Ireland.

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