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Irish peasants being evicted, 1848

Potato Famine: Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due to Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans), evicted from their tumbledown cottage. From "The Illustrated London News" December 1848. Wood engraving.

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Irish peasants being evicted, 1848

Caption:

Potato Famine: Irish peasant family unable to pay rent because of failure of potato crop due to Potato Blight (Phytophthora infestans), evicted from their tumbledown cottage. From "The Illustrated London News" December 1848. Wood engraving

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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive

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4900 x 3268 px | 45.8 MB

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41.5 x 27.7 cm | 16.3 x 10.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1848 • AGRICOLA • AGRICOLTURE • AGRICULTURAL • AGRICULTURE • ARABLE FARMING • ARBOL • ARCHITECTURE • BIRTH • BUILDING EXTERIOR • BUM (VAGABOND) • CASUAL • CHILDBIRTH • CHILDHOOD • COTTAGE HOUSE • COUNTRY SCENE • EVICTION • FAMINE • FATHERHOOD • FEMALE LIKENESS • FULL LENGTH • GESTURING • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HOMELESS • HOMELESSNESS • HUMAN REPRESENTATION • ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, THE • ILLUSTRATION • KNEELING • LABOUR • LOOKING ON • MALE LIKENESS • MATERNITY • MOTHERHOOD • NO PEOPLE • PEASANT • PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS • POTATO BLIGHT • POVERTY • PRINT • RURAL SCENE • SHELTER • SOCIAL ISSUES • STANDING • STARVATION • STARVING TO DEATH • STUDIO SHOT • TOWN TRAMP • TRAMP • TREE • TREES • TWO GENERATION FAMILY • UNCERTAINTY • VAGABOND • VERTICAL LINES • VERTICAL • WATCHING • WESTERN SCRIPT • WITHOUT PEOPLE • WOOD ENGRAVING