HISTORY & LITERATUE 13 MARCH 2016

HISTORY & LITERATURE 13 MARCH 2016

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1921 Anglo Irish Treaty Envoys Plenipotentiary,

photographs.

Two photographs of four of the Irish Envoys Plen-

ipotentiary and signatories to the Treaty: Arthur

Griffith (Minister for Foreign Affairs and chair-

man of the delegation); Robert Barton (Minister

for Economic Affairs); George Gavan Duffy and

Éamonn Duggan; together with a photograph of a

Free State Army officer. (3)

6½ x 8½in. (16.51 x 21.59cm)

Estimate €100-€150 £78-£117

377

1921: Arthur Griffith, Sir John Lavery litho-

graph print, signed by both.

Framed, signed in lower margin by both artist and

sitters. Printed by Wilson Hartnell & Co. Publish-

ers, Dublin.

This and a similar print of Lavery’s portrait of Mi-

chael Collins were sold in a limited edition (quan-

tity unknown but believed to be less than 100) to

raise funds for Sinn Fein. About 20 examples of

each have been recorded in auctions over the past

two decades.

20 x 16½in. (50.80 x 41.91cm)

Estimate €800-€1000 £624-£780

378

1922 Arthur Griffith commemorative jug.

A Staffordshire earthenware jug, the ivory ground transfer printed with a portrait of the President of Dail

Eireann after a photograph by Hogan, Dublin. His name misspelt as “Arthur Griffiths”.

7½ x 6in. (19.05 x 15.24cm)

Estimate €150-€200 £117-£156