photograph album / James Rice, Fenian, 1868
Fenian photograph, one of 45 contained in a photograph album. Photograph, with handwritten description and personal details of a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenian Brotherhood, arrested c. 1868. James Rice, single, a foreman, age 33. Height 5 foot 8 inches, complexion fresh, hair (turning grey) light brown, eyes blue, small nose, large mouth, oval visage, stout make. Photograph numbered 6.
A handwritten note at the back of the album reads ‘These photographs, except number 2 who was arrested in Manchester, were taken while the persons named, many of them it will be seen have held commissions in the U.S Army, were in custody in Ireland during the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, about 1868.;
James Rice, Fenian, 1868
Object Number:
HH:L.1378.6
Institution:
NMI
Date:
1868
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Place of production:
Ireland
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