“The Capture of Colclough and Harvey”. Illustration by George Cruikshank. British troops arrest John Colclough and Beauchamp Bagenal Harvey. The woman is Mrs. Colclough, who is being assisted by her husband. Colclough was with the rebels at the Battle of New Ross. Harvey, on the far right, was a commander of the United Irishmen in the Battle of New Ross. Colclough and Harvey were captured on Greater Saltee Island and later executed. From History of the Irish Rebellion in 1798; with Memoirs of the Union, and Emmett’s Insurrection in 1803 by Maxwell. Published in London 1854.

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