The Trial of Robert Emmet. Born at Dublin in 1778, Died September 20, 1803. His closing remarks, when asked by Lord Norbury, the presiding judge, why sentence of death should not be passed on him: "If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate in the concerns of those who were dear to them in this transitory scene ... When my Country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done!".

The Trial of Robert Emmet. Born at Dublin in 1778, Died September 20, 1803.

His closing remarks, when asked by Lord Norbury, the presiding judge, why sentence of death should not be passed on him: "If the spirits of the illustrious dead participate in the concerns of those who were dear to them in this transitory scene ... When my Country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then, and not till then, let my epitaph be written. I have done!".
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Bibliographic Details
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [s.l.] : [s.n.], [between ca. 1870 and 1920?].
Subjects:
Emmet, Robert, > 1778-1803 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Activists > Ireland > 1800-1810.
Judges > Ireland > 1800-1810.
Lawyers > Ireland > 1800-1810
Rebels > Ireland > 1800-1810.
Ireland > History > Emmet's Rebellion, 1803
Chromolithographs > Irish > 1870-1920.
Portrait prints > Irish > 1870-1920.
Notes:Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; image 56 x 40.7 cm., sheet 67.2 x 50.2 cm.

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