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Harry Clarke's War: Illustrations for Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918
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By: Marguerite Helmers
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Published: November 2015
Pages: 192
Categories: History
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780716533078
ISBN: 0716533073
ASIN: 0716533073

Ireland s Memorial Records, 1914-1918 are a little-known record of the names of 49,435 people of Irish affiliation who were killed in the First World War. Commissioned by the then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1919 and published in 100 eight-volume sets, only eleven are known to survive today. Even less known well known is the history of the elaborate page decorations of the Records which were the work of the celebrated Irish stained-glass artist and illustrator Harry Clarke. Drawing from published and unpublished sources, this beautifully illustrated book tells the story of how the Irish Memorial Records were commissioned and published, and provides a fascinating insight into the work of Harry Clarke as a little-known war artist. Marguerite Helmers examines the process that led to the Records being commissioned by Lord Lieutenant, Field Marshal Sir John French, through to the eventual placement of the Records within the Irish National War Memorial at Islandbridge. With the renowned and celebrated Harry Clarke centre stage in the story, the Records and their genesis are of vital importance to our understanding of how art and commemoration can come together in a powerful visual creation.

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