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ART 13

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Summary: Sketch of Emigrants on the quay at Cork

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Emigration from Ireland was a popular subject for the artists of the Illustrated London News. This piece appeared in 1851.

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Engraving showing would-be emigrants sitting on their trunks waiting for a boat at Cork, 1851. Posters nearby advertise sailings to Boston, New York and Quebec.
© Illustrated London News, Picture Library - Code: ILNG004670

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