Monument, Sir Edward James Harland, Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Co. Antrim

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: French, Robert, 1841-1917 photographer
Contributors: Lawrence, William, 1840-1932
In collection: The Lawrence Photograph Collection
Format: Photo
Published / Created: [between ca. 1903-1914].
Subjects:
Notes:Research by our Flickr Commons users established that while Edward James Harland is perhaps best known for his shipbuilding activities in Belfast, he was also a politician, and Mayor and later MP for Belfast. This statue was one of several by Thomas Brock on the grounds of Belfast City Hall.

Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/43131146170/

Robert French was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection. For more information, see the Dictionary of Irish Biography: http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a3369

Physical description: 1 negative : glass ; 22 x 17 cm

Geographic Coverage: Belfast, County Antrim, Province of Ulster, Ireland.

Caption on glassplate reads: Monument Sir. Edward James Harland. BT. M. P. Belfast. 260. W. L.

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