Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a poster depicting Karl Marx and James Connolly, Scottish-Irish socialist revolutionary executed after the Easter Rising, with the caption, ‘Workers of the world unite: Free all Irish political prisoners’.

[c.1974–5]

Conrad Atkinson, ‘Colour photograph of a poster depicting Karl Marx and James Connolly, Scottish-Irish socialist revolutionary executed after the Easter Rising, with the caption, ‘Workers of the world unite: Free all Irish political prisoners’.’ [c.1974–5] — © Conrad Atkinson & © reserved

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Created by: Conrad Atkinson born 1940
Title: Colour photograph of a poster depicting Karl Marx and James Connolly, Scottish-Irish socialist revolutionary executed after the Easter Rising, with the caption, ‘Workers of the world unite: Free all Irish political prisoners’.
Date: [c.1974–5]
Medium: Colour photograph
Dimensions: 126 × 177 mm
Format: Photograph - print
Collection: Tate Archive
Acquisition: Purchased by Tate Archive from Margaret Harrison, November 2010.
Reference: TGA 201020/5/40

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Material relating to works by Conrad Atkinson TGA 201020 (160)

Photographs taken by Conrad Atkinson during his work in Northern Ireland for the exhibition, 'A shade of green, an orange edge' TGA 201020/5 (66)

Colour photograph of a poster depicting Karl Marx and James Connolly, Scottish-Irish socialist revolutionary executed after the Easter Rising, with the caption, 'Workers of the world unite: Free all Irish political prisoners'. TGA 201020/5/40

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Conrad Atkinson

Colour photograph of a poster depicting Karl Marx and James Connolly, Scottish-Irish socialist revolutionary executed after the Easter Rising, with the caption, ‘Workers of the world unite: Free all Irish political prisoners’.

[c.1974–5]

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