The Fenian Banner.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by F. P. Whiting American, born 1840

Date1866

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 11 3/4 x 9 1/4in. (29.8 x 23.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 7/8 x 10 3/8in. (37.8 x 26.4cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan

DescriptionAn allegorical figure of a woman, presumably representing Ireland, stands on the prostrate figure of a man, presumably representing England. The woman wears a helmet, a coat of mail, a wide belt, a cape or shawl, and a dress. She holds a sword in her right hand and a flag with a harp on it in her left hand. The man, who is lying on his back and appears to be unconscious or dead, is wearing armor and a crown. A sword and a broken chain lie beside him. These figures stand on a high rocky bluff. A sailing ship is on the ocean in the left background. A fire burns on a rocky hill in the right background. The entire composition is encircled with a wreath of shamrocks with eight bust-length portraits of men in medallions. A ribbon encircling the wreath is inscribed at the top: "ERIN / GO BRAGH." The names of the men are inscribed on the ribbon beneath their portraits as follows: "CURRAN. / FLOOD. / EDWD. FITZGERALD. / THOMAS MOORE. / DANIEL O'CONNEL. / WILLIAM S. O'BRIEN. / EMMET. / GRATTAN."

Object number1946.11.30

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE FENIAN BANNER." Additional lithographed text below, " 'But the Harp, that so long hath been silent and weeping, / Resigned by its master in gloom and despair, / Shall be brought forth from the shrine where 'tis sleeping, / And with glad notes of freedom enliven the air; / When the voice of the brave with its echoes shall mingle, / In the clangor of arms, or the transport of glee,-- / For the millions who love it will shortly assemble, / To proclaim that their nation again shall be free.' / Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1866, by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, in the Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut." Lithographed on banner, beneath image: "JUSTICE TO IRELAND."

On verso, in pencil: upper left, "PR DR / 45 / #11"; lower left, "100"; lower right, accession number "Drawer 24" "CPC CONSV 1987" and "Dwr 45".

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