Irish Poet & Journalist, John Boyle O'Reilly, Handwritten Autographed Quote
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Autographed Handwritten Quote Signed, "Well Blest is he who has a dear one dead; a friend he has whose face will never change. A dear communion that will not grow strange; The Anchor of a love is death. John Boyle O'Reilly"
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890) Irish born poet, journalist and fiction writer. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican brotherhood, or Fenian, for which he was transported to Western Australia. He escaped the colony and made his way to the United States where he settled in Boston and today stands a sculpture in O'Reilly's honor created by Chester Daniel French, erected on the Fenway.
4" x 6.75" Some light toning. VG
John Boyle O'Reilly (1844-1890) Irish born poet, journalist and fiction writer. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican brotherhood, or Fenian, for which he was transported to Western Australia. He escaped the colony and made his way to the United States where he settled in Boston and today stands a sculpture in O'Reilly's honor created by Chester Daniel French, erected on the Fenway.
4" x 6.75" Some light toning. VG
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