Execution of Robert Emmet in Thomas Street, [Dublin], 20th September 1803 – Antique Photo Print
![Execution of Robert Emmet in Thomas Street, [Dublin], 20th September 1803, Buffalo, New York : Gies & Co., c1878. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fc/fc0762db0378-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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This antique lithograph of Execution of Robert Emmet in Thomas Street, [Dublin], 20th September 1803 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Execution of Robert Emmet in Thomas Street, [Dublin], 20th September 1803
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Thomas Street in Dublin is where Robert Emmet, the young Irish nationalist who led a failed uprising in July 1803, was hanged and then beheaded on 20 September 1803. This color lithograph, issued in Buffalo, New York, by Gies & Co. around 1878, shows the scene of his death in the street, with a crowd of spectators gathered around. Its caption quotes Emmet's words from his speech from the dock, "When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then and not till then let my epitaph be written," which made him a lasting symbol of Irish independence in the nineteenth century.
| Created / published | Buffalo, New York : Gies & Co., c1878. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | then |
| Notes | J3448 U.S. Copyright Office. Caption: When my country takes her place |
| Subjects | Emmet, Robert,--1778-1803--Death & burial. Decapitations--Ireland--Dublin--1800-1810. Spectators--Ireland--Dublin--1800-1810. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,002 × 3,151 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220005 |
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