Paul Henry, Irish, 1876-1958
Title: Arthur Griffith (1871-1922), Republican, Sketch after his Death
Date: 1922
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
19 x 18.2 cm
Signed: lower right: Pa.Hy
Credit Line: Bequeathed, Mrs M.F. Henry, the Artist's widow, 1974
Object Number: NGI.7608
DescriptionOne of three drawings by Henry made in St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, a few hours after Griffith's death. All three drawings were made at the suggestion of Oliver St John Gogarty.
Arthur Griffith (1871-1922), an active member of the Gaelic League and of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, edited the United Irishman from 1899 and in 1906 launched a new paper, Sinn Fein. He opposed the Home Rule Bill of 1912 and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913. Although he was not involved in the Easter Rising of 1916, he was briefly imprisoned for his republican sympathies. Elected MP for East Caven in 1918 he became acting President of the Dail in 1919. He headed the Irish delegation in the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations of 1921. Elected President of the Dail in 1922, he died suddenly on 12 August that year.
S.B. Kennedy, Paul Henry, NGI exh. cat. 2005
Arthur Griffith (1871-1922), an active member of the Gaelic League and of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, edited the United Irishman from 1899 and in 1906 launched a new paper, Sinn Fein. He opposed the Home Rule Bill of 1912 and joined the Irish Volunteers in 1913. Although he was not involved in the Easter Rising of 1916, he was briefly imprisoned for his republican sympathies. Elected MP for East Caven in 1918 he became acting President of the Dail in 1919. He headed the Irish delegation in the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations of 1921. Elected President of the Dail in 1922, he died suddenly on 12 August that year.
S.B. Kennedy, Paul Henry, NGI exh. cat. 2005