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Circa 1870. Protest against the British Government.

Circa 1870. Protest against the British Government. Poster published by William Smith. Philadelphia. lithograph 76 by 61cm., 30 by 24in. Designed by Brightly, this rare American poster shows Emmett flanked by angels holding rolls of names of Irish patriots including, Mitchel, Meagher, O'Brien, Gavan Duffy etc. "From the commencement of British power...a line of tyrants has established and perpetrated...an aristocracy destructive...of the interests and social happiness of the people of Ireland".

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