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., 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.
Date
[ca. 1858]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department *political cartoons - [1858] Pro [P.2005.36.19a&b]
The William Whelan Papers hold correspondence and documents showing the involvement of a Philadelphia merchant in his business, Irish-American society, and local charitable organizations., On deposit at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. For service, please contact the Historical Society at 215-732-6200 or http://www.hsp.org., William Whelan was born in Ireland, and came to America as a boy. He was a grocer in Philadelphia from 1809 through 1842, and was active in charitable organizations including St. John's Orphan Asylum and the Association of the “Friends of Ireland” and Irishmen in the City and County of Philadelphia.
Creator
Whelan, William, d. 1863
Date
1811
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | MSS McA MSS 021, https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/object/Islandora%3A64413#page/1/mode/1up
