File 5 - Framed Print showing Father Mathew administering the pledge

Printed area: 16.5 cm x 10.5 cm; Print and mount: 35 cm x 29 cm

Colour print showing Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC administering the pledge (probably at the Custom House, Dublin). The caption reads: ‘The Very Revd. Theobald Mathew / Administering the Temperance Pledge / I promise to abstain from all intoxicating drinks &c except used medicinally, and by order of a medical man, and to discountenance the cause and practice of intemperance / Prayer / May God bless you and enable you to keep your promise’. The frame backing has a printed flier from the ‘Association of Men of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus / Church of St. Kevin, Harrington Street, A.D. 1914’.

Over-sized storage. The frame is in poor condition and the wooden back-support is cracked. It is also extremely worn at the edges and the print is loosely held in position. Very careful manual handling is required.

Box 17