Robert Emmet, Irelands patriot martyr – Antique Print
(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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Robert Emmet, Irelands patriot martyr comes to life in this antique lithograph, 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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Robert Emmet, Irelands patriot martyr
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Its caption carries the line that gives Robert Emmet his famous epitaph: "When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then and not till then let my epitaph be written." Emmet led a failed rising in Dublin in July 1803, was convicted of treason, and was hanged that September at the age of 25. Thomas Kelly published this lithograph in New York around 1874, decades after the execution, when Emmet had become a symbol of Irish nationalism among Irish Americans. The print reflects how his reputation traveled across the Atlantic and grew with time.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Publ. & Print. by Th. Kelly, 17 Barclay St., c1874. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Portrait prints 1870-1880.Proofs 1870-1880.Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Caption continues: When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth then and not till then let my epitaph be written. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1874 by Th. Kelly in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. |
| Subjects | Emmet, Robert,--1778-1803. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,891 × 6,078 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225466 |
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