BELUM.W2021.1.8
BELUM.W2021.1.8
BELUM.W2021.1.8
HISTORY
Object Name
Wall Mural
Place Made
Northern Ireland: County Down: Maze: Long Kesh
Long Kesh
Long Kesh
Description
This mural is one of 46 in the Northern Ireland Prison Service collection, which were painted on boards or partition walls in nissen huts at HMP Maze/Long Kesh. These murals were in the loyalist compounds.
One half of the figure is depicted as a First World War soldier, and the other half is a loyalist prisoner at Long Kesh. Underneath is a passage from 'Suicide in the Trenches' by Siegfried Sassoon.
Catalogue Number
BELUM.W2021.1.8
Copyright
National Museums Northern Ireland