Physic for Fenians John Hamilton Mortimer Strand front

Strand front

Two young women in the costume of the period are seen from behind as they sit on a wooden bench

as a storehouse for sticks

The driver wears a beret and the passenger has a pair of goggles on top of his head

Physic for Fenians John Hamilton Mortimer Strand front'Physic for Fenians', 1866. Erin, wearing shamrocks in her hair, has brought her little Fenian in to be examined by Dr Bull. Looking sternly at the mutinous boy, Dr Bull says that he treated a similar case in India. This refers to the Indian Uprising of 1857. He proposes to deal with the Fenian problem in exactly the same way. The Irish Fenian movement had begun to make its presence felt during the previous year. As the American Civil War came to a