Sujet

Sketches from Ireland: troops in the yard of the Poorhouse at Kells, 1870. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Sketches from Ireland: troops in the yard of the Poorhouse at Kells, 1870. View of [British] soldiers in '...the yard of the Kells Union Workhouse, having been sent there to keep the peace, on account of the agrarian murders and outrages in that part of Meath. The detachment arriving at Kells, after a long day's march, the arrangements for its reception were found not complete, and the soldiers were obliged to rest where they could till temporary quarters were prepared for them in the town'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A48_500

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

47,4Mo (3,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 28,3cm / 4959 x 3341 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building people man men waiting arts country art guy British weapon weapons gun guns republic of ireland irish republic Ireland eire Irish poor poverty military war location Armed Forces century Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier invasion print rifles rifle concept troops controversy B&W Army warfare controversial engraved engraving Invader 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry armed services unrest County Meath British Army nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News poorhouse TGN wood engraving ILN Kells newspaper invaders Unknown Éire 19th-century The Illustrated London News