Internment
Shemus.
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Summary: | Depicts members of the Dáil Éireann during its first ever all-night sitting. Many members appear asleep while George Gavan Duffy is visible addressing the chamber. The debate concerned a Public Safety Bill to permit inter alia the continued detention of anti-Treaty prisoners without trial. |
In collection: | Shemus Cartoon Collection |
Format: | Prints & Drawings |
Language: | English |
Published / Created: |
14th July 1923.
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Notes: | Shemus was a pseudonym used by Ernest Forbes. Title and caption are handwritten on front. Caption reads: The Dail rose at --- on Friday after an all-night sitting. Terror and discord: the Shemus cartoons in the Freeman's Journal, 1920-1924 by Felix M. Larkin. Dublin: A&A Farmar, 2009. Published in: The Freeman's Journal, 14th July 1923. Published in: Weekly Freeman, 21st July 1923. Physical description: 1 drawing : ink and crayon ; image 24 x 28 cm., on sheet 29 x 31 cm. more |
Contained in: | Forms part of: The Shemus Cartoon Collection. |