Item 3 - Photograph of a framed portrait of Kate O'Brien by Mary O'Neill

Identity area

Reference code

IE 2135 P12/5/2/2/3

Title

Photograph of a framed portrait of Kate O'Brien by Mary O'Neill

Date(s)

  • [1950s] (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 items

Context area

Name of creator

(1897-1974)

Biographical history

A pioneer in Irish fiction, Kate O’Brien was born in Limerick on 3 December 1897 to horse-dealer Thomas O’Brien and his wife, Catherine Thornhill O’Brien. One of ten children, O’Brien had three older sisters, Mary, Clare and Nance (or Anne), and sixRead more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Photograph (275 x 230 mm) of a framed painted portrait of Kate O’Brien with a book in front of her and holding a cigarette in her left hand. The subject is posing in front of a landscape. Painting by [Mary O’Neill].

Notes area

Alternative identifier(s)

Original number

P12/414