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| Picture No | 10290301 |
| Date | 1887 |
| Description | Military intervention on Lewis, 1887 |
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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.
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| Source | The Illustrated London News, December 10th 1887, cover. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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