THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR 6 APRIL 2025

96 159 1916 (5 May) Public Notice poster amending curfew hours. Issued by Staff Brigadier R. Hutchinson - “All persons in Dubin City and County are required to be within doors between the hours of 8.30PM and 5AM” etc. Printed by the Powell Press, Dublin. 19.50 by 14in. (49.5 by 35.6cm) Condition: Printer’s proof with pencilled annotation, folded, fine, attractively framed and glazed. Estimate €800-€1,200 (approx £670-£1,000) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 159 160 1916 (6 May) Colonel Kennard ‘The Competent Military Authority’ order to close licensed premises. Under the Defence of The Realm Act (DORA) ‘all Premises for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors’ within Dublin to be closed, except between 2pm and 5pm, until further order. ‘Signed H.G. KENNARD’. Printed by Powell Press, Dublin. Probably issued to reduce the risk of public disorder over the executions of the 1916 leaders. 14 by 9.50in. (35.6 by 24.1cm) Condition: Printer’s proof, inscribed in pencil ‘2nd ptg’, very fine and attractively framed and glazed. Estimate €300-€500 (approx £250-£420) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 160