Address
Collection object
1987.0113
incl frame, L. . x W. 79.8, T. frame (max) c. 4.7
Address, illuminated, framed, with inset photos. Probably 1930s. Obv: A rectangular panel, with very pale yellow background, centred, portrait format, with celtic animal interlace surround in red, green, yellow black and two shades of blue on an ochre background. Text, (heading) Address / (secondary heading) To the Rev. J.J. Wallace P.P. / (smaller) From the parishioners of Cratloe, Co. Clare. / (main text) Dear Father Wallace, / (para) Seven years have passed since first you / came amongst us - years of happiness and harmony; of / close intimacy between priest and people. We regard your / departure from our midst with genuine regret. / (para) Your great qualities of heart and mind / have been the means of creating between you and your people / a bond of trust and affection that time can never efface. / (para) The care and atention to the sick, the poor, and the needy, were duties diligently carried out in / accordance with your priestly and charitable instincts. / There remain many other matters to which we cannot / now refer but a few of which in this limited space we / must briefly note. / (para) The Lourdes Grotto will ever stand as / a memorial to your zeal and constructional ability; the / establishment of a local creamery and its success we / attribute to your organising power and enterprise, / while the improvements to churches and schools show / that sense of good taste, precision and neatness so / marked in your every undertaking. / (para) In conclusion dear Father Wallace, we / wish you many happy years in your new home while / as an appreciation of your services we tender this small / token of our sincere regard. / On behalf of the parishioners, / L. Ryan T. Cherry E. Rochford / J. Walshe J. White T. Foley R. Enright.. Line under, with beaded central portion. The address is signed by the artist, Maureen Collins Limerick., just above the bottom right corner. The interlace consists of two panels, a broad panel nearest the address, and a narrow panel around the edge. Each panel is edged with a light green strip, with the exception of the outermost strip which is blue. Inset in the broad panel are four photographs, each in a circular recess cut through the material of the address with a bevelled edge. They are placed at top centre (Cratloe? church altar), left and right, above centre (left, Lourdes Grotto set into hillside, right, general view of grotto, landscaping, approach etc), bottom,(portrait photo of Rev Wallace, looking to his right). The left and right edges of the photo of Fr. Wallace are in part visible, and the material visible in the gaps is gilt. The bevel of the insets is gilt. The main text of the address is in black, with capital letters in red with blue spaces and red dotted outline. The list of parishioners at bottom is in red, larger. The secondary heading is also in red. The heading proper is in blue, in a green panel, with a large gilt letter a in relief, with a decorated void. The whole word is decorated left and right ends, and is outlined with a dotted red line. The frame is gilt, probably original, and there is a gilt mount. At rev, which appears to be newly refitted, there are a pair of hinged D rings screwed to the frame with a wire between them. At bottom, centre, there is a rectangular label affixed, which reads (diagonal) Chris / Doswell / Picture Framing / (bottom right) Tel (061) 31 82 92 / 11 St Joseph St. Limerick (in business since c. late 1980s).
Maureen Collins (artist)