The "Land Bill" Mirage
Erin - Be these juggling fiends no longer believed, / Who palter with us in a Double Sense; / That keep the word of promise to our ear / And break it to our hope. -.
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Summary: | Erin manacled and stranded in a desert between two camels signifying "The Constitution" and "Liberty". Two Liberal ministers thumb their noses while riding away on camels signifying "Ways and Means" and "Estimates". Erin gazes at a mirage in the sky showing a prosperous farmhouse, abundant crops, and a scroll labeled "Irish Land Bill". |
Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Language: | English |
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[Dublin] :
[P.J. Gormley],
19th March, 1881.
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Notes: | Supplement given away with the Weekly Freeman, 19th March, 1881. Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 25.4 x 29.1 cm.. Citations/References: Images of Erin in the Age of Parnell / L. Perry Curtis Jr. National Library of Ireland, 2000 ; (Fig 6.) p. 24. more |
Credits: | Attributed to John Fergus O'Hea, (ca. 1838-1922). |