Famished children at Cahera, Ireland
Famished children in rags search the earth for a potato to ease their hunger. These miserable conditions were brought on by the potato famine in the mid 19th century and further compounded by the forced evictions of poverty-stricken peasants from their homes and farms
Picture No
10220194
Media ID
45987801
Size
3153px x 4320px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
The Illustrated London News, 20 February 1847, page 116
Date
1847
