A plate showing a portrait of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC (as a younger man). The portrait shows Fr. Mathew in traditional nineteenth-century clerical attire with a temperance medal pinned to his breast.
The official unveiling of the statue of Fr. Theobald Mathew OSFC on Sackville (later O’Connell) Street on 8 February 1893. The statue was designed by Mary Redmond (1863-1930).
An image of Fr. Thomas Dowling OSFC (1874-1951) standing outside the entrance to the Father Mathew Pavilion at the Cork International Exhibition in 1902.
A plate of a print titled ‘Father Mathew addressing a temperance meeting in London’. The plate by T. Mayne & Son, Dublin. The original print shows Fr. Mathew preaching in London in 1843 taken from 'The Illustrated London News' (August 1843).
A file containing three plates with images of the original acts of professions of two seventeenth century Irish Capuchin martyrs, Fr. Fiacre Tobin OSFC (c.1620-1656) and Fr. John Baptist Dowdall OSFC (c.1626-1710). The plates are labelled a-c. Fiacre Tobin’s profession is dated 2 July 1638. John Baptist Dowdall’s profession (at the Irish Capuchin friary in Charleville, France) is dated 5 October 1652.
An image of the original act of profession of Fr. Fiacre Tobin OSFC (c.1620-1656) at the Irish Capuchin friary in Charleville, France. The document is dated 2 July 1638.
An image of the original act of profession of Fr. John Baptist Dowdall OSFC (c.1626-1710) at the Irish Capuchin friary in Charleville, France. The document is dated 5 October 1652.
The file comprises ‘The Imperial Dry Plate Co., Ltd., Cricklewood, London’ box. The box contains three plates. One of the plates shows an image of a seventeenth century map of the town of Charleville (now Charleville-Mézières) in the Ardennes Department in Northern France. The map shows the location of the church and friary established by the exiled Irish Capuchins in Charleville in the early seventeenth century. The map is titled ‘Charleville sur le Bord de la Meuze dans la Principaute Souuerain Darches’. The map has been attributed to Edmé Moreau (1596-1648). The file also includes topographic views of the walled cities of Sedan and Tovl. A faint ink stamp of the British Museum is visible on the Sedan view. Includes a cover letter from Alan Macbeth, photographers, affirming that the prints were sourced from the ‘Zeillers Topographie Gallae’ collection in the British Museum. The letter is dated 2 January 1920.
