Speech of Robert Emmet, Esq.
date: label: date made
content: n.d.
name: label: depicted
content: Emmet, Robert
label: publisher; distributor
content: Smith, William
label: depicted
content: Norbury, Lord
label: maker
content: Schnabel & Finkeldey
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Colored lithographic print commemorating the death of Robert Emmet, for leading an 1803 uprising in Dublin. The Goddess of Liberty stands on a tomb holding the hearts of murdered patriots in her hand. To the right is the Figure of Death attacking Lord Norbury, the judge who sentenced Emmet for High Treason. The Scales of Justice lie broken by his side. To the left of the tomb is a representation of the Maid of Erin weeping over murdered Innocence (two children). Beneath the image is the text of Robert Emmet's speech delivered at trial.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
label: referenced
content: British Isles: Ireland
topic: label: Subject
content: European History
label: Subject
content: Diplomacy
label: Subject
content: U.S. National Government, judiciary
label: Subject
content: Costume
label: Subject
content: Patriotism and Patriotic Symbols
label: depicted
content: Liberty
label: Subject
content: Political Caricatures
label: Subject
content: Music
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Peters, Harry T.. America on Stone
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.2412
label: catalog number
content: 60.2412
label: accession number
content: 228146
objectType: label: Object Name
content: chromolithograph
label: Object Type
content: Chromolithograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: image: 23 1/2 in x 16 1/2 in; 59.69 cm x 41.91 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26 in x 20 in; 66.04 cm x 50.8 cm