File 34 - Portraits of 1916 Leaders

19 items; 21 cm x 15 cm; Black and white print; negative transparency

Photographic prints of pencil portraits by Seán O’Sullivan RHA (1906-1964) of Irish nationalists (principally the leaders of the 1916 Rising). The file includes images of Seán Heuston, Michael Mallin, William Pearse, Seán MacBride, Edward Daly, Thomas Ashe, Joseph Mary Plunkett, Michael O’Hanrahan, Patrick Pearse, Éamonn Ceannt, Roger Casement, James Connolly, Liam Mellows, Con Colbert, Thomas MacDonagh, Tom Clarke, Seán MacDermott, John Daly and Thomas Kent. The original portraits were created by O’Sullivan between 1936 and 1942 and are held in the National Museum of Ireland. There were reproduced in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1966).

The portraits of the 1916 leaders were reproduced in 'The Capuchin Annual' (1966), pp 154-67. https://designrr.page/?id=315618&token=2313585331&type=FP&h=8254