Harry Clarke’s War

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Marguerite Helmers. Harry Clarke’s War

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To those who served

Foreword by Nicola Gordon Bowe

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I tell this story because it introduces the prevalent theme of the margins to the study of Ireland’s Memorial Records. Harry Clarke’s contributions to Ireland’s Memorial Records consist of decorative borders in the style of medieval illuminated manuscripts – marginalia. His subject was a topic that was pushed to the margins of Irish history. While the elaborate artwork makes Ireland’s Memorial Records a lasting, significant contribution to modernist art of the early twentieth century, knowledge of the illustrations is generally limited. Recently, websites have been developed to help locate names of the Irish who were killed in the First World War; however, the names from the Records are decontextualized from the elaborate ornamentation designed by Clarke. In other words, anyone searching online can’t see the images.

This book attempts to build a pathway through the history of Ireland’s Memorial Records. Any new writing about Harry Clarke is indebted to the considerable scholarship of his biographer, Nicola Gordon Bowe. Her publications are not only thorough, but beautifully illustrated and carefully written. There is no better place to begin than Harry Clarke: The Life and Work.

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