Representing the Irish emigrant: humour to pathos?

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Representing the Irish emigrant: humour to pathos?

The nineteenth-century artist, Erskine Nicol (1825–1904) is well known for his anecdotal and humorous paintings of Irish themes. This article analyses one of his larger oils to show that on occasion he attempted a more serious representation of the rural Irish figure which asks for empathy as oppose...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cullen, Fintan
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis 2017
Subjects:	emigration humour empathy pathos Liverpool Ireland nineteenth century caricature
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/45751/

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