Harry Clarke and Margaret Clarke Papers,
1860-1991.
Papers of Harry Clarke and Margaret Clarke (née Crilley), including correspondence, photographs, sketches, and other miscellaneous items relating to the Clarke family, 1860-1991. Correspondents include John Austen, Thomas Bodkin, Fr. Terence Connolly, Dame Ninette de Valois, Sir James Duhig, John Whelan Dulanty, Alan Duncan, Willie Dwyer, Kathleen Fox, George Harrap, Evie Hone, Gervas Huxley, Beatrice Glenavy, Mainie Jellett, Daniel K. McGrath, Thomas MacGreevy, Norah McGuinness, Archbishop John Charles McQuaid, Dermod O'Brien, Sir John O'Connell, Fr. Kevin O'Hannon, Josephine O'Neill, Richard Caulfeild Orpen, Sir William Orpen, Karl Parsons, Ethel Rhind, Lennox Robinson, John Rothenstein, George Russell, Dr. Edward Sheridan, Cecil Simmonds, Laurence A. Waldron, George Yeats, and W.B. Yeats. Sizeable collection of photographs relating to the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art, including photographs of staff and students: Dora Bardon, Margaret Crilley, Minnie Crilley, Harry Clarke, Kathleen Fox, Michael Healy, Grace Gifford, James Golden, Alice Jacob, Kitty Jammet, Sean Keating, Austin Molloy, Sir William Orpen, Albert Power, Ethel Rhind, Ruby Rhind, Oliver Shepherd, James Sleator, Theo Townshend and others.
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| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | Related Materials: Department of Manuscripts, National Library of Ireland. There is another collection of Harry Clarke papers held in the Department of Manuscripts (Collection List 84). This collection consists largely of books illustrated by Harry Clarke, original drawings, prints, photographs and other illustrative material. It also includes about 100 manuscript items including proofs of a book about Harry Clarke, newspaper cuttings containing reviews of his work, and correspondence; Related Materials: Administrative archives of Joshua Clarke & Sons and Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios; Donated by David Clarke to; Manuscripts and Archives Research Library, Trinity College Dublin. Related Materials: Archive of Harry Clarke's work; Dublin City Gallery, the Hugh Lane. Physical description: 5 boxes. more |
| Arrangement: | Fonds |
VIII. Harry Clarke's art,
1884-1989
| In Collection: | Harry Clarke and Margaret Clarke Papers, 1860-1991. |
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| Description: | III.i.1. Sketches (MS 48,431 /1 - 4): Sketchbooks containing sketches drawn by Harry Clarke on Inisheer Island, including portraits of Mrs. Conneely, Tom Conneely, Michael Donoghue, a design for the 'Irish Cyclist', sketches of boats, stained glass windows, a caricature of himself and Austin Molloy embarking on a sketching trip, and various other caricatures, 1908 - 1920 . With miscellaneous loose pencil sketches, illustrations and life drawings, and also a folder containing a rough pencil sketch for 'Julian', undated [1900s - 1930]. III.i.2. Other artwork (MS 48,432 /1 - 3): Memorial card designed by Harry Clarke for Laurence A. Waldron, December 1923, and illustration by Harry Clarke for cover of 'Dublin Magazine', undated [1923]. III.i.3. Related material (MS 48,433 /1 - 22): Receipts, photographs, postcards, invitations, and notes written by Harry Clarke about his work. Also illustrations and photographs from art catalogues, books and magazines collected by Harry Clarke. Including material related to the Harry Clarke Exhibition in the Douglas Hyde Gallery, 1979 - 1980. |
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| Extent: | 30 folders |
| Format: | Manuscript |
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MS 48,431 - 48,433
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| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |
| Corporate Author: | Douglas Hyde Gallery |