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match box / Land League / Parnell, 1880

Land League Matchbox. In two pieces. Plywood with paper. Side labelled, Manufactured by The Irish Match Co. Dublin. Top has a portrait of Parnell with, the Land League/Match, across on top and at bottom. Bottom has a cartoon of an encounter between a rackrenting landlord and a determined tenant, 'Landlord - I want my rent. Tenant - And I want to pay my rent at Griffith's valuation'. D3 931 written in pencil on the back of both pieces.;

Land League / Parnell, 1880


Object Number:
HH:1954.1


Institution:
NMI


Date:
1880


Creator:
The Irish Match Company


Place of production:
Dublin (city)


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