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[Daniel O'Connell] Conspirators; or Imprisonment As It Is And Imprisonment As It Was.
[John Doyle]
[n.d., c.1843.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½"). Trimmed within printed borders, title excised and pasted at top of image.
Two contrasting scenes of imprisonment in Ireland. On the left an obese Daniel O'Connell lifts a wine glass in 'Richmond Pleasure Grounds', a 'Rent' box at his feet; on the right an unkept man sits shackled in Kilmainham Gaol, a jug of water and a loaf beside him. In 1843 O'Connell spent three months in Griffith Barracks, Dublin (known as Richmond Bridwell, for conspiracy before being released. Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, opened 1796, was notorious for the poor, overcrowded conditions. It is now a museum.
[Ref: 63650] £180.00
[n.d., c.1843.]
Scarce lithograph. Sheet 250 x 370mm (9¾ x 14½"). Trimmed within printed borders, title excised and pasted at top of image.
Two contrasting scenes of imprisonment in Ireland. On the left an obese Daniel O'Connell lifts a wine glass in 'Richmond Pleasure Grounds', a 'Rent' box at his feet; on the right an unkept man sits shackled in Kilmainham Gaol, a jug of water and a loaf beside him. In 1843 O'Connell spent three months in Griffith Barracks, Dublin (known as Richmond Bridwell, for conspiracy before being released. Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin, opened 1796, was notorious for the poor, overcrowded conditions. It is now a museum.
[Ref: 63650] £180.00