WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR SATURDAY & SUNDAY 25 & 26 July 2020

125 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · 25 & 26 JULY 2020 217 1917 (25 September) Mountjoy Prison doctor’s report on Thomas Ashe Dr Dowdall states “the illness of prisoner Thomas Ashe may terminate fatally within a brief period” and he proposes that the prisoner be transferred to The Mater Hospital.”This manuscript on original printed UK “Form of Report by Medical Officer of Prison” appears to be an official file copy supplied to the Ashe family’s solicitor at the inquest. Also a horrifying prison report of the forcible feeding Ashe of a “half pint of beef tea...a half pint of milk.....a half oz. of brandy with milk every 15 min.”Manuscript on printed form “SICK PRISONERS UNDER CONTINUOUS TREATMENT”. Gruesome but important historical documents. Family of Thomas & Nora Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good. Estimate €1000-€1500 (approx £910-£1,360) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 217 218 1917 (25 September) Photograph of Thomas Ashe lying in state in Irish Volunteer uniform at The Mater Hospital Sepia print Family of Thomas & Nora Ashe; Private collection Condition: Very good, mount is foxed. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £140-£180) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 218 219 1917 (27 September to 29 October) range of resolutions passed by various organisations on the death of Thomas Ashe etc. (13) Typescript and manuscript resolutions include Athlone UDC (Urban District Council), Dingle Board of Guradians, and RDC (Rural District Council), Ballinamon RDC, Sinn Fein Convention, Waterford County Council, also telegrams (6) to the Ashe family expressing sympathy from Sinn Fein Clubs and Irish Volunteers, also typescript copy of Bishop of Limerick’s letter to The Guardians of The Tipperary Union condemning General Maxwell. Family of Thomas & Nora Ashe; Private collection Condition: Very good. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 219