Postcard, b/w matt, landscape format. Title at bottom left "Waiting for orders, Adare, Co. Limerick". View of one of the thatched cottages, with an old lady in shawl standing at the gate; to left of gate stands a donkey cart with young woman in a tam-o-shanter in the driving seat. Reverse printed in brown; at centre top "Post Card" with partially double underlining and double vertical division; up left side "John Smith, Adare/ Lawrence Photo, Dublin"; to left of centre "Communication"
to right "Address"; box for stamp at top right with "Stamp" at centre. Unused. Pencil dealers mark at top to right of centre "£15".