Irish Architecture bridge building The cherries appear to be

The cherries appear to be skewered on sticks

'Pity The Poor Prisoners

Original is oil on panel 66x74

The railway track of government business is being blocked by the train of Parliamentary reform which has come off its rails

With figures and horse-drawn vehicles on the street

Irish Architecture bridge building The cherries appear to be'Irish Architecture', 1867. The angler in the doorway asks Hullo, Pat, What are you about now? Pat replies Shure, I'm raisin' me roof a bit, yer honour r!! An early example of an 'Irish' joke. Pat 'raises his roof' by the simple means of lowering his floor. From Punch, or the London Charivari, June 1, 1867.