Picture No | 10220196 |
Date | 1847 |
Description | A destitute father and child in Mienies, Ireland |
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A destitute father and child in the desolate village of Mienies. These miserable conditions have been brought on by the potato famine in the mid 19th century and further compounded by evictions of peasants from their homes and farms.
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Source | The Illustrated London News. 20 February 1847, page 116 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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