"The labourer is worthy of his hire", 1883 cartoon by John Fergus O'Hea of Erin and Charles Stewart Parnell, Weekly Freeman
Erin, the female personification of Ireland, appeared in many 19th and early 20th century Irish political cartoons by various artists in numerous publications, often alongside the male personification of the Irish people, Pat. She is depicted as a dark-haired late Victorian beauty, often mourning, threatened or vulnerable, but sometimes also formidable, defiant and even coquettish.
J. D. Reigh, United Ireland, 1894
Phil Blake, Weekly Freeman, 1898
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References[]
- L. Perry Curtis, Images of Erin in the Age of Parnell, National Library of Ireland, 2000
- Roy Douglas, Liam Harte & Jim O'Hara, Drawing Conclusions: a Cartoon History of Anglo-Irish Relations 1798-1998, The Blackstaff Press, 1998