Collection object
1994.0068
Print H. 26.3 W. 41.1, page size H. 40.1 W. 47.9
Print, litho-mezzotinted, coloured. "The Battle of Clontarf, April 23rd, 1014/ Dedicated to William Smith O'Brien., Esq. M.P. For the County Limerick". Drawn by Henry McManus, A.R.H.A.; litho-mezzotinted by W.H. Holbrooke. Large coloured depiction of the battle, the Irish at left in a uniform of green and yellow hooped shirts and maroon and yellow vertically striped trews, the Vikings at right in chain mail; in the distance the Viking fleet lies at anchor within the bay. Title at centre bottom, below title a three column written description of the battle signed "John Cornelius O'Callaghan"; at bottom "Published by the Proprietors of "The Pictorial History of Ireland", by W.H. Holbrooke, 4 Cross Street, Dublin." Edges all round have short tears, except right edge.