Object Details
- depicted
- Emmet, Robert
- publisher; distributor
- Smith, William
- depicted
- Norbury, Lord
- Schnabel & Finkeldey
- Description (Brief)
- Colored lithographic print commemorating the death of Robert Emmet, for leading an 1803 uprising in Dublin. The Goddess of Liberty stands on a tomb holding the hearts of murdered patriots in her hand. To the right is the Figure of Death attacking Lord Norbury, the judge who sentenced Emmet for High Treason. The Scales of Justice lie broken by his side. To the left of the tomb is a representation of the Maid of Erin weeping over murdered Innocence (two children). Beneath the image is the text of Robert Emmet's speech delivered at trial.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- n.d.
- ID Number
- DL.60.2412
- catalog number
- 60.2412
- accession number
- 228146
- Object Name
- chromolithograph
- Object Type
- Chromolithograph
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- image: 23 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 41.91 cm
- overall: 26 in x 20 in; 66.04 cm x 50.8 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- referenced
- British Isles: Ireland
- Related Publication
- Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
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- Subject
- European History
- Diplomacy
- U.S. National Government, judiciary
- Costume
- Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
- depicted
- Liberty
- Subject
- Political Caricatures
- Music
- Record ID
- nmah_324742
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-4393-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
