John Boyle O'Reilley – Historic Print
![John Boyle O'Reilley, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/39/392e75274b5a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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John Boyle O'Reilley comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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John Boyle O'Reilley
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Few portraits on this board carry a story as dramatic as John Boyle O'Reilly's. The Irish-born writer and nationalist was convicted of treason by the British in 1866, transported to a penal colony in Western Australia, and escaped by rowing out to an American whaler in 1869. He settled in Boston, where he became a poet and editor of the Catholic weekly *The Pilot*, and he remained a prominent voice for Irish causes and for the rights of his fellow exiles. This photoprint was made by the Boston firm of McCormick, and the caption card does not record a date, so the sitting itself is unconfirmed.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint by McCormick, Boston. Moulton Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Ph. Ind. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,054 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-157074 |
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