WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR TIMED ON-LINE AUCTION 17 MAY TO 7 JUNE 2024

37 History THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR · FRIDAY 7 JUNE 2024 82 1914-1918WorldWar I Irish recruiting poster - “I’ll Go Too!”. Colour litho issued by The General Council for The Organisation of Recruiting In Ireland, printed by Stevenson and Orr, Dublin & Belfast. Scarce 21 by 14in. (53.3 by 35.6cm) Condition: Fold marks, very good appearance, attractively framed and glazed. Estimate €200-€300 (approx £170-£260) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 82 83 1914 (21 March) Cunard List of Saloon Passengers, on Lusitania, Liverpool to NewYork Direct. Includes details of other services, colour pullout map, information for passengers etc, 28 pages, colour printed cover. 7.50 by 4.50in. (19.1 by 11.4cm) Condition: Very good. RMS Lusitania (named after the Roman province corresponding to modern Portugal) was an ocean liner launched by the Cunard Line in 1906. She was the world’s largest passenger ship until the completion of the Mauretania three months later and was awarded the Blue Riband appellation for the fastest Atlantic crossing in 1908. The Lusitania was sunk on her 202nd trans-Atlantic crossing, on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland, killing 1,197 passengers, crew and stowaways. The sinking occurred about two years before the United States declaration of war on Germany but significantly increased public support in the US for entering the war. Estimate €100-€150 (approx £90-£130) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 83 84 1915 (1 August) O’Donovan Rossa funeral booklet. Second edition, ‘complete account, fully illustrated. 11.50 by 9in. (29.2 by 22.9cm) Provenance: Archive of Charles Murphy (1880-1958, TD 1923-1927). Condition: Very good. Estimate €150-€200 (approx £130-£170) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 84