Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a drawing depicting the map of Ireland divided into its four provinces, bordered by two rifles and the words, ‘Long Kesh 1975’

[c.1975]

Conrad Atkinson, ‘Colour photograph of a drawing depicting the map of Ireland divided into its four provinces, bordered by two rifles and the words, ‘Long Kesh 1975’’ [c.1975] — © Conrad Atkinson

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Created by: Conrad Atkinson born 1940
Title: Colour photograph of a drawing depicting the map of Ireland divided into its four provinces, bordered by two rifles and the words, ‘Long Kesh 1975’
Date: [c.1975]
Medium: Colour photograph
Dimensions: 118 × 180 mm
Description: Originally filed in a plastic wallet containing a post-it note annotated with, '25, £1500'.
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
Reference: TGA 201020/3/31

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Colour photograph of a drawing depicting the map of Ireland divided into its four provinces, bordered by two rifles and the words, 'Long Kesh 1975' TGA 201020/3/31

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Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a drawing depicting the map of Ireland divided into its four provinces, bordered by two rifles and the words, ‘Long Kesh 1975’

[c.1975]

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting a shepherd, a figure on a donkey, the Northern Star, and Long Kesh prison, Northern Ireland, with the caption, ‘Lon Kesh Concentration Camp: N.I.C.R.A. End Internment’

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting the map of Ireland divided into its four provinces with two rifles either side of the map, a gun in the middle, and the caption, ‘Provisional I.R.A. Political power grows from the barrel of a gun. To Susie from Skin, Long Kesh’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of an illustrated piece of cloth depicting the crests of the four provinces of Ireland, a paramilitary soldier holding an Irish flag and a rifle, the words, ‘Long Kesh Internment Camp 1971’, and a list of names

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a drawing depicting a soldier, a paramilitary soldier, the Starry Plough flag, the Sunburst flag, and the Irish flag, and the words, ‘1916 1975. To Mary from your loving husband Hughie’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Derry, Northern Ireland painted with a soldier holding a rifle next to the words, ‘Join the IRA’, and ‘Free Derry’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of graffiti on a wall in Northern Ireland, depicting a pig wearing a soldier’s uniform standing next to the words, ‘Go Home’

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Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting a man wearing a helmet, holding a club in one raised hand and a piece of paper in the other with the words ‘White Paper’ written on it

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with an Irish flag and a rifle, and ‘75 IRA’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting a paramilitary holding a rifle, children, and the slogan, ‘Victory to the IRA 1974’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with a stick man, an Irish flag, and the words, ‘Dads Army’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a poster depicting a shepherd, a figure on a donkey, the Northern Star, and Long Kesh prison, Northern Ireland, with the caption, ‘Lon Kesh Concentration Camp: N.I.C.R.A. End Internment’

Conrad Atkinson Colour photograph of a wall in Northern Ireland painted with an Irish flag, a soldier, and the words, ‘Easter 1916-74-5’

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