Postcard
Collection object
1992.0168
H. 10.5 W. 15.2
Postcard, colour glossy, landscape format, white margin at bottom. Title in centre of margin, "Spring-Rice Memorial Column, People's Park, Limerick, Ireland" View of the column, with summer house/ pavilion behind it, c 6 individuals around the park, including one woman sat at the base. Reverse printed in pale blue; at centre top a blue rhomboid with a large letter C in the centre and "Cardall reading up inside the C; at bottom left, "Spring-Rice Memorial Column, Limerick: In the People's/ Park, off Pery Square, is the Spring-Rice Memorial Column. The work/ of the famous engineer, Alexander Nimmo, it commemorates the/ achievements of Thomas Spring-Rice (1790-1866) 1st Baron Monteagle/ of Brandon. He was Chancellor of the United Kingdom Exchequer and a/ Protestant liberal lawyer who devoted himself to civic reform and justice/ for Catholics./ Published by Cardall Ltd., Dublin. Printed in the Republic of Ireland. 293". Rectangular box for stamp at top right corner, with five lines for address below. Unposted and unused.