Potato Famine: Irish peasant family evicted from their cottage
Title

Potato Famine: Irish peasant family evicted from their cottage

Caption

Potato Famine: Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due to blight, finding shelter in a hedgerow the day after eviction from their cottage. From "The Illustrated London News", December 1848. Wood engraving.

Date

Dec 1848

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP07093_390000136

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Rights managed

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