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Call Number:

PH-03017

Collection Name:

John Hughes Literary File Photography Collection

No. of Items:

4 photographs

Span Dates:

circa 1910s?

Description:

The collection consists of four items related to sculptor John Hughes (Irish, 1865-1941). Item-level information follows.

P1 -- Glass negative of altar relief, "The Man of Sorrows," presented to Robert Elliott by John Hughes, Paris, 1907;
P2 -- Glass negative of the unveiling of the statue of Queen Victoria at Leinster House;
P3 -- Glass negative of a statue of C. J. Kickham;
P4 -- Photographic reproduction of a drawing,"Speranza" (Lady Wilde), attributed to John Hughes, initialed "J. H.," with "Dublin" written beneath.

Further descriptions of some items may be available in a card catalog in the repository.

This collection forms a part of the Literary Files Photography Collection is comprised of photographs and albums withdrawn from the libraries and/or papers of literary figures, and generally includes portraits and images by, collected by, of, and/or related to those entities.

Accession No(s):

Internal transfer; P1-P4

Location(s):

Hughes, J., Lit File (P4)
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Curatorial permission required Cabinet Storage (glass negs P1-P3)
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