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Box 2

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

"Long Kesh, 1977" with an illustration of Ireland personified and coats of arms for the four provinces of Ireland, worked leather mounted to board, 1977

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains political artwork created by people incarcerated in Northern Ireland prisons during the Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century. Artworks include drawings, paintings, leatherwork, and sculpture featuring Celtic revival motifs, doves, the Island of Ireland, weaponry and armed figures, and prison buildings. Both unionist and nationalist groups are...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1977

"U.D.A., Quis Separatbit" (Ulster Defence Association) with a figure of a man holding a revolver, a border of guns, and a red hand, colored marker on canvas board, after 1971

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains political artwork created by people incarcerated in Northern Ireland prisons during the Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century. Artworks include drawings, paintings, leatherwork, and sculpture featuring Celtic revival motifs, doves, the Island of Ireland, weaponry and armed figures, and prison buildings. Both unionist and nationalist groups are...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: after 1971

"Orange Volunteer, Long Kesh" with the Orange Volunteer logo, painting on canvas board, after 1998

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains political artwork created by people incarcerated in Northern Ireland prisons during the Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century. Artworks include drawings, paintings, leatherwork, and sculpture featuring Celtic revival motifs, doves, the Island of Ireland, weaponry and armed figures, and prison buildings. Both unionist and nationalist groups are...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: after 1998

Dove with a ribbon in the colors of the Irish flag with Ireland behind, painting on paper, 1970s-1990s

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

The ribbon in the painting forms the number 32. The painting is ensconced in a circle.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1970s-1990s

"Magilligan POW Camp" with a security tower and guards, in black marker, after 1972

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection contains political artwork created by people incarcerated in Northern Ireland prisons during the Troubles, a period of violent conflict between Protestant unionists and Roman Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland in the late twentieth century. Artworks include drawings, paintings, leatherwork, and sculpture featuring Celtic revival motifs, doves, the Island of Ireland, weaponry and armed figures, and prison buildings. Both unionist and nationalist groups are...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: after 1972