Irish life and humour in anecdote and story

Details

Level of description

Item

Date

1909

Reference

278

Extent and medium

488 pages, [12] leaves of plates; printed

Scope and content

A copy of ‘Irish life and humour in anecdote and story / by William Harvey’ (Stirling’ London: E. Mackay; Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, [1909]). The volume has illustrations by Erskine Nicol.

General note

A digital copy of the text is available online at https://archive.org/details/irishlifehumouri00harvuoft/mode/2up

General note

Erskine Nicol (1825-1904), a Scottish artist, first visited Ireland in 1845 beginning a long-lasting relationship with the country. He lived in Dublin between 1845 and 1850 and subsequently visited every summer. Arriving in the country at the height of the famine, he witnessed at first-hand the devastating effects of the disaster particularly along the western seaboard. He readily identified with the oppression of rural people and much of his work portrays the injustices inflicted upon the Irish population at this time. As a recorder of Irish life his work has become historically important because there were few artists working in Ireland at that time, a country devastated initially by the famine and later by land agitation, mass evictions and emigration. His work is well-known for its lively colours and scenes taken from everyday life, frequently interspersed with a touch of humour.

Repository

Irish Capuchin Archives

Context

Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. Senan Moynihan OFM Cap. > Book Collection

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