Image of 'A Farming Family Defending Their Home”, c.1847, in Pictorial Times, by English School, (19th century)

"A Farming Family Defending Their Home”, c.1847, in Pictorial Times, January 2, 1847 (newsprint)

IMAGE number: BL3433007
Image title: "A Farming Family Defending Their Home”, c.1847, in Pictorial Times, January 2, 1847 (newsprint)
Artist: English School, (19th century) / English
Location: British Library, London, UK
Medium: newsprint
Date: c. 1847 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: The Great Famine (Irish: an Gorta Mór, [anˠ ˈgɔɾˠt̪ˠa mˠoːɾˠ]) or the Great Hunger was a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration in Ireland between 1845 and 1852. It is sometimes referred to, mostly outside Ireland, as the Irish Potato Famine, because about two-fifths of the population was solely reliant on this cheap crop for a number of historical reasons. During the famine, approximately one million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland, causing the island's population to fall by between 20% and 25%.
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: agriculture / famine / farm / Ireland / Europe / potato / vegetable / food / interior / ireland / mass / irish potato famine / occurence / home / news / potato / great / deprivation / door / starvation / times / barricade / nightly / pictorial / newspaper / suffering / irish / hunger / present / barricading / article / defending / farming / famine / state / family / illustration / 1847

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