Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 304
Title
1970s Collection Poster for Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers' Society
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
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Extent and medium
Paper, ink. 75 x 51 cm
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
13/07/2011
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Scope and content
Red writing on white background poster for a charity collection. ‘On behalf of the deserving poor of Dublin’ ‘Support Dublin’s Oldest Charity’
Dublin’s oldest charity was founded in 1790 as The Charitable Society for the Relief of Sick and Indigent Roomkeepers of all Religious Persuasions in the City of Dublin. The founders were a group of concerned middle-class men – including a grocer, a schoolmaster and a linen-draper – who wanted to alleviate the poverty in Georgian Dublin long before any government social welfare schemes.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Lots of creasing, crumpling, wear and tear.