Irish History Roscommon, Coercion Act Police Arrest, Huge 1880s Antique Print for Sale

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Irish History Roscommon, Coercion Act Police Arrest, Huge 1880s Antique Print For Sale

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Irish History Roscommon, Coercion Act Police Arrest, Huge 1880s Antique Print:
$99.95

You are offerding on a huge original antique print from an 1880s illustrated journal.

It depicts the police arresting a man boarding a train at the Roscommon Railway Station in Ireland. He is being arrested under the Coercion Act, which was part of the crackdown by the British during the Irish Home Rule movement.

The Irish Home Rule movement was a political movement which sought to achieve home rule for Ireland and reduce the political control of the British state over the island. The movement emerged following the Acts of Union 1800, which abolished the Parliament of Ireland and moved control of Irish affairs to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in London. Over the course of its existence the movement incorporated different concepts of home rule, from a self-governing Ireland within a larger British state, to full independence for an Irish republic. The Irish Home Rule movement came to an end in most of Ireland with the granting of independence to the Irish Free State in 1922.

It is very large (double folio size), measuring approximately 21.5 x 15.75 inches (54.5 x 40 cm). The picture fills most of the page, with a caption below. The back of this print has unrelated text/photos on the back.

The print has a fold in the middle, where it was folded into the magazine long ago. Note that the fold line is clean and undamaged, because it was "tipped" into the binding. This was a luxury binding technique of that era, because the double page prints were free of binding holes down the center.

The page is in excellent condition for its age. It has a slight cream coloration to the page. The page is fragile and must be handled carefully, but it is still flexible enough to roll). See scan for an accurate view of the condition.

This print will come with a Certificate of Authenticity.