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Death in a Sweetshop

by Bean an Phoist on March 25, 2013 · 3 comments

in Digitisation,Guest Bloggers,Prints & Drawings

by Pól Ó Duibhir, retired and family history researcher The Connection  –  The day was 16 June 1946. The man in the sweetshop collapsed and died on the spot. There would be no cartoon of this event. But it was not easily forgotten in the sweetshop owner’s family. The man was Gordon Brewster, artist and [...]

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Golden hands, troubled soul – the genius of Charles Altamont Doyle

by Bean an Phoist on March 1, 2012 · 7 comments

in Collections,Prints & Drawings

by Giada Gelli, Collections Student Do you remember last year’s series of posts about the artistically talented Doyle family? We talked about John Doyle (the father) and his sons Richard, James and Henry and now it is the turn of Charles Altamont Doyle (1832-1892) whom, I have to confess, is my favourite of them all. [...]

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