The Parnell Commission, 1888-9: drawings by Sydney Prior Hall
44 Portraits in set
These drawings, made as preparatory sketches for illustrations in The Graphic magazine, record the proceedings of the Parnell Commission. The Commission was set up in 1888 to investigate accusations against the leader of the Irish nationalists, Charles Stewart Parnell by The Times, who had published in 1887 a fascimile letter purportedly signed by Parnell and approving of assassinations carried out in Phoenix Park, Dublin. Not less than 450 witnesses answered almost 100,000 questions during the proceedings that lasted 14 months. A Dublin journalist confessed to having forged the incriminating letter.
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2233
William Francis Littleton; Hon. George Charles Brodrick
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2271
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 17 November 1888
NPG 2232
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2268
Group including Henry James, 1st Baron James of Hereford
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2272
Group including Charles Stewart Parnell, and William J. Walsh
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2229
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2235
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2265
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2266
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2267
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, 1888-1889
NPG 2270
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 9 February 1889
NPG 2237
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 16 February 1889
NPG 2236
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 23 February 1889
NPG 2238
Thomas Miller Beach, John Patrick Murphy, Sir Henry James and Sir Charles Russell
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 16 February 1889
NPG 2239
Charles Stewart Parnell, Sir George Henry Lewis, 1st Bt, and Thomas Miller Beach
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 16 February 1889
NPG 2244
James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce; Sir John Charles Frederick Sigismund Day
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1889
NPG 2249
Group including Charles Stewart Parnell and H. Campbell
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 16 February 1889
NPG 2242
Joseph William Comyns Carr; Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 23 February 1889
NPG 2263
by Sydney Prior Hall
pencil, published in The Graphic 2 March 1889
NPG 2259