Postcard
Collection object
1998.0379
H. 13.8 W. 8.9
Postcard, b/w matt, portrait format. Title above and below a central oval. "Irish Rebellion, May 1916/ Ed. de Valera/ (Commandant of the Ringsend Area)./ Sentenced to Death;/ Sentence commuted to Penal Servitude for Life". Inside oval a head and shoulders portrait of de Valera in uniform with flat peaked cap. Reverse printed in black; at centre top "Post Card." underlined with short central device below; up left edge "Powell Press Publishers, 22 Parliament Street, Dublin"; left "This Space may be used for printed/ or written matter"; to right "The address only to be written here"; box for stamp at top right. Unused. Pencil dealer's mark at top right "£18".