File 4 - Block Pull Copies

310 pp; Bound volume; Manuscript; Printed; 29 cm x 23 cm

A bound volume containing printed copies of block pulls for photographs and illustrations published in 'The Capuchin Annual' and in 'The Father Mathew Record'. The volume is titled ‘Letter Book’ (gilt-title to spine) and contains carbon-paper pages. The volume includes a wide variety of copy images and illustrations:
• Photographs by T.J. Molloy.
• Buildings and scenes in Dublin.
• Drawings by Seán MacManus (p. 57).
• Ships and nautical imagery.
• Aircraft.
• Irish mythological characters and imagery.
• Christmas and nativity scenes (pp 122, 141).
• Illustrations from the Irish Revolution (pp 79, 112, 113).
• Drawings by Richard King.
• Children and cartoon characters.
• The interior of Father Mathew Hall, Cork (p. 122).
• Irish Capuchin missionaries in Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia).
• Ard Mhuire Capuchin Friary, County Donegal.
• Author and contributor photographs.
• Portraits of Irish Capuchin friars.
• Bishop Timothy Phelim O’Shea OFM Cap.
• Illustrations of Franciscan life by Fr. Gerald McCann OFM Cap.
• Bust of Fr. Theobald Mathew by John Hogan (p. 336).

The illustration above shows scenes from the War of Independence published in ‘The Capuchin Annual’ and in ‘The Father Mathew Record’. The drawings probably date to the 1930s. These illustrations are taken from printed copies of block pulls for illustrations found in this file.