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

132 History 231 1917-1930. Collection of manuscript verses on Thomas Ashe and the 1916 Rising. (30) Interesting collection formed by Nora Ashe, sister of Thomas, loose and stuck down in an album. Mostly anonymous, a few signed including Dorothy Hungerford, James Kearns, MJ Devine, Lizzie Healy, Eilis nic Cartaig, Lilian Mary Nally, Micheal O Ruadein. Mostly handwritten, some typescript, a few printed cuttings. Various sizes, mainly quarto. Family of Thomas and Nora Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Very good, few tone spots. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £180-£270) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 231 232 1917-1922 collection of cuttings and handbills relating to 1916 Rising, Thomas Ashe, etc. (40 approx.) Interesting collection formed by Nora Ashe, sister of Thomas, loose and stuck down in an album. Includes some printed songsheets, 1917 Irish Worker Vol. 1, No. 1, distressed, and 1953 Kerry Annual (missing cover) with article on Thomas Ashe, etc. Family of Thomas and Nora Ashe; Private collection. Condition: Mixed condition, fair to fine, generally very good. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£140) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 232 233 1918 (13 August) letters from Richard Mulcahy and LeoWhelan regarding bust and portrait of Thomas Ashe. The letters in ink to Nora Ashe, Mulcahy’s enclosing photographs of a bust by Walter Malone, and from Leo Whelan acknowledging receipt of £5 towards his portrait. Family of Thomas & Nora Ashe; Private collection Condition: Very good. Whelan’s portrait of Thomas Ashe was sold at Whyte’s on 26 November 2007. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £140-£180) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 233