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1. The image above was published in an English magazine in 1798. (a) Is this image a primary or secondary source? Give reasons for your answer. (b) List two things from the image that show that the people in the picture are Irish. (c) What is being depicted in the picture being held up on the right of the picture? (d) Who is the person on the farthest right supposed to be? Give reasons to support your answer. (e) What do you think the artist is trying to say? (f) Do you think that these caricatures are a good historical source? (g) List what information historians can get from this image. (h) Who or what are the objects marked at A, B and C? (i) What relevance do the things marked at A, B and C have for the reader to understand the caricature?
(j) Using evidence from the image, decide if the artist is biased.