Reference code
IE CA PH/1/46
Title
Fr. Joseph Harkins OSFC (1853-1888)
Date(s)
- c.1880 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Glass Plate Negative; 10.5 cm x 8 cm; 8 cm x 8 cm
Name of creator
(26 February 1875-20 August 1953)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Scope and content
Two plates showing portraits of Fr. Joseph Harkins OSFC (1853-1888). This Kilkenny-born friar traveled to India in about 1884 and took charge of a mission in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh. He died in Meerut on 1 December 1888. The larger plate (10.5 cm x 8 cm) appears to a photographic print of a portrait painting. With an annotated cover.