negative / William Smith O'Brien, 1854

Photograph negative of the Guidon presented to William Smith O'Brien, 1854, on his return to Ireland. Main section green silk, 17.5 inches wide by 34 inches long in furcations. Around a 1.7 inches strip of white. Overlapping green and white a 1.2 inches ribbon of decorated gold. All surrounded (except at top) by a 2 inch gilt frame. In gilt letters on field across, 'Ireland's Truest Patriot W.S.O'Brien M.P.'.;