Ireland Photographs 1840-1930 by Carey Schofield and Sean Sexton (PT263)

Published 1994: First Edition / Hardcover / Very Good Condition / Illustrated throughout

Original black cloth with silver titles on the spine and original pictorial dust jacket. 208 very clean and bright pages, previous owners dedication on the first free page. Boards slightly rubbed with time. Slight shelf wear on the dust jacket and slightly rubbed with time consistent with age. (PT263)

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Presents a pictorial account of Irish life from the age of the famine to the 1930s. The wide-ranging themes include Irish architecture and landscape, everyday rural life, life in the cities, popular culture and political turbulence. Portraits of Fenian and Nationalist leaders feature alongside views of Queen Victoria's army, and the harsher aspects of Ireland's history are depicted through scenes of evictions and emigration. Detailed captions set the photographs in context as well as providing information on photographic processes.

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