2-934-375 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Young Ireland in Business for Himself, 1850/59. Shop selling weapons and ammunition. Signs: 'A Large Assortment of Most Illicant [elegant?] Blunderbusses - The Trade Supplied'; 'Bullets 6d a Peck'; 'Pretty Little Pistols for Pretty Little Children'. Negative portrayals in the British media of Irish people were common in the 19th century and even into the late 20th century. By, or possibly after, John Leech.