Death of George Shifler. Born Jan 24 1825 Murdered May 6 1844 in Kensington

Philadelphia: Wm Smith, 1844. Hand colored lithograph. 18 x 11-1/2 inches. Very good. Hand colored lithograph. 18 x 11-1/2 inches. "Colored print depicting the Death of George Shiffler, the Nativish martyre of the Kensington Bible Riots, May-July 1844. This print depicts three of Schiffler's comrades holding him while he dies of a chest wound while clutching an American flag. He was killed by shots fired from the Hibernia Hose Company firehouse supposedly while defending or resuing an American flag. The scene takes place on a cobblestone street while mobs are rioting in the background. During three days of anti Catholic riots, homes, schools, and churches of Irish Catholic immigrants were burned or damaged. Shifler (or Shifler) was an 18 year old Protestant apprentice tanner (born Jan. 24, 1825) and Nativist supporter against immigrant (mostly Irish) Catholics. Shiffler's death made him a martyr for the Nativist cause with resulting in a large funeral with poems, songs, and prints created in his honor and Nativists parading the flag around the city..." (https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_324746).

This example a variant of the above, likely produced at an earlier date, without the additional text below the image. (Inventory #: 371584)