Title

Cabin of Pat. MacNamara, Village of Clear, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Cabin of Pat. MacNamara, Village of Clear, 1850. Destruction of rural homes by the 'levellers', during the Irish Potato Famine. The poor were blamed for their situation. View in '...the village of Clear, which had been destroyed within a few weeks, and some part of it within a few days. The Sketch of Pat Macnamara's Cabin shews the condition of the village...everywhere there is great abundance of all the natural means of opulence, and scandalous neglect or ignorance in applying them. The Poor-law is obviously calculated to encourage idleness to prey on the wealth already in existence. Lessening the motives for exertion, whatever interest it may give the landlords in keeping their estates clear of paupers, it will prevent in future the creation of wealth. It does the very thing, therefore, that ought not to be done'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22A33_487

Model release

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Property release

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License type

Droits gérés

Available size

66.3Mo (4.3Mo) / 42.0cm x 39.6cm / 4960 x 4674 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings people male man men destruction house houses country guy British Ireland Irish cottage cottages ruins ruin poor poverty location Victorian century Britain newspapers press concept ruined famine B&W homeless homelessness levelling engraved engraving levelled destitute 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News Poor Law ILN newspaper Unknown Great Hunger Great Famine Irish potato famine 19th-century