Details
Contributor Brightly, Joseph H., b. ca. 1818, artist.
Smith, William, printseller, publisher.
Title Protest against the British government; [Portrait of a young woman] [graphic] / Brightly sc.
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by William Smith, print seller, 702 S. 3rd St., national and religious pictures of all kinds
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1854
Date [ca. 1858]
Physical Description 2 prints on 1 sheet : lithograph ; sheet 61 x 77 cm (24 x 30 in.)
Description Political print designed by Joseph H. Brightly protesting the British government's policies toward Ireland containing a half-length portrait in left profile of Robert Emmett above text protesting for the equal rights of the Irish. Portrait surrounded by border captioned "Martyred Emmett. 'Let no man write my epitaph till Ireland is free.'" Text surrounded by a border shaped as a lyre and adorned with a heart marked "Liberty," vines of clover, and two bare-breasted angels holding scrolls. Scrolls inscribed with the names of eighteen Irish nationalists including John Mitchel; T.F. (Thomas Francis) Meagher; P. O'Donohue; and Rich. O'Gorman. Text references the infringement of franchise, a free press, and the separation of church and state; the American Revolution; the epitaph of Emmett; and the 'High court of Heaven."
Portrait showing a young woman holding a bouquet of roses. Roses adorn her hair.
Notes Two-sided lithograph containing a political print on recto and portrait on verso.
One title supplied by cataloger.
Date inferred from content.
First line of text: Time is the arbiter of all things; slow in its progress, but wonderful in its results.
Gift of Davd Doret.
Subject Emmet, Robert, 1778-1803 -- Portraits.
Angels.
Irish question.
Roses.
Women.
Geographic subject Ireland -- History -- Emmet's Rebellion, 1803.
Genre Lithographs -- 1850-1860.
Political cartoons -- 1850-1860.
Portraits -- 1850-1860.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| *political cartoons - [1858] Pro [P.2005.36.19a&b]
Accession number P.2005.36.19a&b