Well done Kevin! While their lives appear to be spartan and drab indeed, the family is probably much better off than they would have been in Ireland at that time. At least they have some hope for a better future. Tom Sheridan ----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin O'Malley <brerkev@yahoo.com> To: <FIANNA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 9:06 AM Subject: [FIANNA-L] Drawing of Irish family in 1850's NYC tenament > > > > Being that the movie "Gangs of New York" just came out, I thought I'd post this pen & ink drawing I did some years back showing a poor Irish family in an 1850's NY city tenament. I tried to use the mid 1800's woodcut illustration style that was popular in magazines at that time: > http://www.geocities.com/brerkev/tenament.html?1040402036728 > Happy holidays, > Kevin O'Malley > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > > > ==== FIANNA Mailing List ==== > any questions or complaints about the Fianna mail list contact: > DigMyPast@msn.com >