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Ciarán Rua O’Neill
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Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at University College Dublin; art historian (C18, C19 art and architecture).
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Ciarán Rua O’Neill @ciaranruaoneill.bsky.social · 3d
The 19th-cen. Currier & Ives print ‘Emmet’s Betrothed’ portrays Sarah Curran as Hibernia. As I discuss in Classics Ireland 31, this work reflects a wider trend in Irish visual culture to transform women into ‘living allegories’. (Image: Philadelphia Art Museum)
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Draped, mourning woman (Sarah Curran) leaning on a harp
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Ciarán Rua O’Neill @ciaranruaoneill.bsky.social · 3d
The 19th-cen. Currier & Ives print ‘Emmet’s Betrothed’ portrays Sarah Curran as Hibernia. As I discuss in Classics Ireland 31, this work reflects a wider trend in Irish visual culture to transform women into ‘living allegories’. (Image: Philadelphia Art Museum)
classicsireland.ie/wp-content/u...
Draped, mourning woman (Sarah Curran) leaning on a harp
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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · Sep 29
Call for Papers: Association for Art History 2026 Annual Conference

Next year’s Art History conference will be held 8-10 April 2026 in collaboration with the History of Art department at the University of Cambridge. ⬇️
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