A contrast between the housing conditions of the Irish rural poor and those of the middle-class urban population, envisaged as the result of Home Rule for Ireland. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 17 October 1891.

  • Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.
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17 October 1891
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564964i
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A contrast between the housing conditions of the Irish rural poor and those of the middle-class urban population, envisaged as the result of Home Rule for Ireland. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 17 October 1891. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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One print in a series on the proposed Newcastle Programme, a "radical programme" put forward by the National Liberal Federation in Great Britain, led by Joseph Chamberlain, involving Home Rule for Ireland, reform of the House of Lords, and other measures. The print envisages disastrous results "for the peasant" in Ireland in the event of the programme being implemented

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London (50 Strand W.C.) : [The Publishing Company], 17 October 1891.

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1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 47.1 x 30.2 cm

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The radical programme, no. 2. Home rule: for the peasant ; and the "patriot". St. Stephen's Review presentation cartoon, October 17th, 1891. Tom Merry del. et lith.

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Wellcome Collection 564964i

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