A little something for the season of strong drink. Harry Clarke’s books command high prices in their original editions yet two of the costliest items in the Clarke bibliography are a pair of promotional booklets the artist illustrated for Jameson & Son’s Irish Whiskey: A History of a Great House in 1924, and Elixir of Life a year later. Given the quality of Clarke’s work for these publications it’s a shame they remain out of print; I’m sure I’m not the only Clarkeophile who’d be happy to buy a facsimile edition.
Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The illustrators archive
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Cardwell Higgins versus Harry Clarke
• Modern book illustrators, 1914
• Illustrating Poe #3: Harry Clarke
• Strangest Genius: The Stained Glass of Harry Clarke
• Harry Clarke’s stained glass
• Harry Clarke’s The Year’s at the Spring
• The art of Harry Clarke, 1889–1931
Fantastic – I’d never even heard of his Jameson’s work. Thanks for another great post! I wonder is it too early for a wee dram…
I’ve loved Clarke since I was a kid – he was responsible for the remarkable stained glass windows in the chapel at my old school, St Malachy’s.
http://poetryprayerandpraise.blogspot.com/2010/06/st-oliver-plunkett-irish-martyr.html
Excellent :)