Original photograph at The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
http://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/LIB-PC004/id/96/rec/56
Original photograph at The Poetry Collection of the University Libraries, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
http://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/LIB-PC004/id/44/rec/59
It satirically portrays an actor of the time. The British Museum describes it as such:
Coates in a pose suggesting Harlequin in a fencing-match (and like that of the clown in No. 9003), sits on the stage, his trunk almost at right angles to his legs which slant stiffly towards the stage-box (left). He grins at the occupants, pointing his sword towards them and raising his left arm. He wears his jewelled hat with the enormous feathers, cloak, tunic, and sash, as in No. 11769. He declaims Lothario's speech when he falls dying, after the duel with Altamont, beginning: "Oh Altamont! thy genius is the stronger, thou hast prevail'd . . ." [Rowe, 'Fair Penitent', iv. 1]. He lies on bright green ground, a garden scene with trees and skaters forming a background. Four persons in the box, much burlesqued, applaud, grinning broadly: "Encore—Encore"; "Bravo—bravo—Encore"; "Bravo—Encore." Plate numbered 190. 6 March 1813 Hand-coloured etching.
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Lettered with title, text in image, and "E-s scult / Price one shilling coloured / Pubd Marh 6th 1813 by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside London"
]]>A postcard held at the British Museum from 1813 celebrating the character of Lothario from The Fair Penitent around the time of a revival of the 18th century play. The full title reads: "The gay Lothario. The great and celebrated amatuer of fashion."
It satirically portrays an actor of the time. The British Museum describes it as such:
Coates in a pose suggesting Harlequin in a fencing-match (and like that of the clown in No. 9003), sits on the stage, his trunk almost at right angles to his legs which slant stiffly towards the stage-box (left). He grins at the occupants, pointing his sword towards them and raising his left arm. He wears his jewelled hat with the enormous feathers, cloak, tunic, and sash, as in No. 11769. He declaims Lothario's speech when he falls dying, after the duel with Altamont, beginning: "Oh Altamont! thy genius is the stronger, thou hast prevail'd . . ." [Rowe, 'Fair Penitent', iv. 1]. He lies on bright green ground, a garden scene with trees and skaters forming a background. Four persons in the box, much burlesqued, applaud, grinning broadly: "Encore—Encore"; "Bravo—bravo—Encore"; "Bravo—Encore." Plate numbered 190. 6 March 1813 Hand-coloured etching.
Inscription Content
Lettered with title, text in image, and "E-s scult / Price one shilling coloured / Pubd Marh 6th 1813 by Thos Tegg No.111 Cheapside London"
This image depicts the prison during visiting hours. The caption reads,
Interior of the house of detention, Clerkenwell, (as it appears at the time of the visits of the prisoners’ friends).
This is the prison that Joseph Casey, a Fenian revolutionary who Joyce met in Paris in 1903 and who inspired the character Kevin Egan in Ulysses, was kept in in 1867. When Joseph’s brother Patrick (celebrated among fellow revolutionaries as “the Dynamiter”) and other Fenians heard of Joseph’s incarceration, they attempted to free him by blowing down the walls of the prison with a bomb. The plan failed, as 17 people were killed, another 120 injured, and over £20,000 in damages were done to the property while Casey failed to break free.
]]>A picture of the Clerkenwell Prison, AKA the Clerkenwell House of Detention and the Middlesex House of Detention, located in Clerkenwell, London. Prisoners were housed here as they awaited trial.
This image depicts the prison during visiting hours. The caption reads,
Interior of the house of detention, Clerkenwell, (as it appears at the time of the visits of the prisoners’ friends).
This is the prison that Joseph Casey, a Fenian revolutionary who Joyce met in Paris in 1903 and who inspired the character Kevin Egan in Ulysses, was kept in in 1867. When Joseph’s brother Patrick (celebrated among fellow revolutionaries as “the Dynamiter”) and other Fenians heard of Joseph’s incarceration, they attempted to free him by blowing down the walls of the prison with a bomb. The plan failed, as 17 people were killed, another 120 injured, and over £20,000 in damages were done to the property while Casey failed to break free.
In one of his concluding statements, Leslie refers to Ulysses as “an attempted Clerkenwell explosion in the well-guarded, well-built, classical prison of English literature.” (234)
]]>This is an excerpt from a 1922 review of Ulysses by Shane Leslie in the Irish literary periodical The Quarterly Review.
In one of his concluding statements, Leslie refers to Ulysses as “an attempted Clerkenwell explosion in the well-guarded, well-built, classical prison of English literature.” (234)
A plaque on the gravestone reads:
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
]]>his is a photograph of the graves of James Stephens and John O’Leary, two Fenian leaders who were buried side by side at the Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.
A plaque on the gravestone reads:
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity in bondage.