Military intervention on Lewis, 1887

Resistance to the collection of rent, and the resulting evictions and disputes about the occupation of land caused unrest on the isle of Lewis, resulting in a military force being dispatched to quell the rebellion. Sketches clockwise from top right: Manor Farm, the quarters of the Royal Scots, husband and wife walk barefoot in the rain, a girl carrying peat in her back, a crofters house in the Lewis, squatters at Laxey

Agitation Crofters Dispatched Disputes Hebrides Intervention Quarters Quell

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