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Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives English 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 31 Linear Feet 31 artifact boxes, 1 document box, 1 half-document box 1903 1987 The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. This series consists of printing blocks used by the Dolmen Press. A number of Cuala Press printing blocks are also included. The blocks range in date from 1902 to 1985, with the bulk of the blocks dating from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The blocks include wood engravings, wood cuts, linocuts and various metal plates. Paper prints of each block are also in the collection. Dolmen Press Biographical and Historical Note The Dolmen Press was founded by Liam and Josephine Miller in 1951. The Press operated in Dublin from 1951 until Liam Miller's death in 1987. Founded to provide a publishing outlet for Irish poetry, the Press also heavily featured the work of Irish artists. The scope of the press grew to include prose literature by Irish authors as well as a broad range of critical works about Irish literature and theater. Collection Overview This series consists of printing blocks used by the Dolmen Press. A number of Cuala Press printing blocks are also included. The blocks range in date from 1902 to 1985, with the bulk of the blocks dating from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s. The blocks include wood engravings, wood cuts, linocuts and various metal plates. Major artists featured in the series include Tate Adams , Ruth Brandt , Pauline Bewick , Juanita Casey , Bernard Childs , Jack Coughlin , Mia Cranwill , Louis LeBrocquy , Leslie MacWeeney , Michael Morrow , Elizabeth Rivers , Bridget Swinton , and Leonard Baskin . Paper prints of each block are also in the collection. Arrangement this collection's items are arranged by artist and publication title, if known; by title, when artists are unidentified; or by subject. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], MS 1007, Dolmen Press Collection, Printing Blocks Series, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Access Restrictions This collection is open for use. Copyright Notice Copyright for materials resides with the creators of the items in question or their descendants, unless otherwise designated. Users of this collection are responsible for using the materials in conformance with U.S. copyright law. Processing Information Processed by Jennifer O'Brien Roper and Craig Fansler, November 2004. Encoded by Jennifer O'Brien Roper and Craig Fansler, December 2004 Acquisitions Information Purchased from Josephine Miller, September 1987. Block printing Private press books -- Ireland -- 20th century Publishers and publishing -- Ireland -- 20th century Artists 1903 1987 Adams, Tate, 1922- 155 Publication Illustrations Adams, Tate, 1922- Man in boat, man rowing, man in boat/hat, man upside down/water, man at tale/underwater, shipwreck, 2 mermaids, cages, ship/men in sea/cages, men in cages, man swirling water, man holding net/boat, man inside/mermaid tail, man on road, man holding fish, man holding cage, upside down man/water, man in waves, man in window, man/front of house, man in boat, cages/fish (wood engravings, one zinc plate) Colum, Mary . Woman/figure in doorway(wood engraving) The New Dolmen Chapbook Man/folded arms(wood engraving and zinc plates) Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 . Abstract 4-color illustration(zinc plate) Ussher, Arland . Girl and bird image, girl with open mouth,girl/old woman/girl/owls, girls/birds/ship/rain, bearded man/woman, girl/owl/castle, bearded man/2 girls, man/deer in woods, man holding girl's arm, woman with ax/man, boy/girl/owl, boy/bull, girl/horse, girl/passed out man (zinc plates) Miscellaneous Woman on shore/man, man looking at a woman, man in hat peering around a wall,man looking at a woman in a carnival, village scene(wood engravings and zinc plates) Baskin, Leonard 1922- 156 Publication Illustrations Clark, David R. Linear drawing of a man Beardsley, Aubrey Vincent, 1872-1898 Publication Illustrations Hogan, Robert Goode, 1930- . Cover image, dot pattern, image of a woman (3 zinc plates) Bewick, Pauline, 1935- Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Abstract figure drawing, woman's face, man/woman/large face, abstract face-drawing, abstract faces, abstract design, crowned king/sceptre, linear torso drawing Miscellaneous Abstract design(signed by the artist),line drawing(signed by the artist),woman in shawl holding a baby(signed "Bewick"),three men facing a woman(line drawing) no content Biggs, Michael, 1928-1993 Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . linocut(The Dolmen Press) Merriman, Brian, circa 1747-1805 . Frontispiece,woman pointing at man, lake between trees, woman/crying baby, woman/outstretched arms, woman/sleeping man, The Second Part, cover image, page before text begins, woman in oval with leaves, woman over sleeping man, landscape with lake, woman holding crying baby, woman pointing at cowering man, woman on shore/man (wood engravings, zinc and copper plates, and linocuts) Miscellaneous The Nativity from the Holy Gospel of St. Luke, nativity scene, Mary and Joseph nativity scene, Mary, Joseph and Jesus on a donkey, text)"I have sworn upon the altar of God"), Gaelic alphabet, Christmas card, 3 arches/Mary/Jesus/Joseph/man with staff and raised finger speaking no content Alphabet and numbers 156 Boske, Joachim 157 Publication Illustrations MacCall, Seamus . cover drawing Brandt, Ruth Publication Illustrations Irvine, John . Saint pointing at serpent, angel before a saint, St. Francis/animals, saint/walking stick, saint/bird in hand, saint in interior/crane, saint reading/rooster, female saint/cow/pails, 3 saints/trees, small St. Francis, large St. Francis, saint in boat at sea, saint /lance before flaming altar, saint in front of crowd, saint in garden, woman/child in cradle(copper plates) Powell-Anderson, Constance . cover drawing of woman holding a basket(zinc) Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974 . flying horse(zinc plate) Kinsela, Thomas . title text(copper plate) Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974 . color field plate for columns background on book cover, color field plate for monks background on book cover, line art for monks and columns(copper plates) Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974 . tree color plate, line art(zinc plates) O'Connor, Frank, 1903-1966 . 2 zinc plates Kinsella, Thomas . title text(2 copper plates) Miscellaneous Albion handpress drawing from Dolmen bibliography (zinc plate) no content Casey, Juanita Publication Illustrations Powell-Anderson, Constance . spotted horse(zinc) Casey, Juanita . large "X" shape(zinc) Casey, Juanita . spotted horse running(2 zinc plates) Childs, Bernard, 1910-1985 Publication Illustrations Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974 . portrait of Clarke, dust jacket portrait, portrait drawing, Child's signature(zinc plates) Borges, Jorge . 2 viking figures, figure, running figure,figure from side,cross/crescent, stippled figure(zinc plates) Miscellaneous Scribbled portrait of a man, portrait of Austin Clarke (zinc plates) no content Clarke, Harry, 1889-1931 Publication Illustrations Miller,Liam . (in , 1923) fancy dressed couple with poodles Coughlin, Jack Publication Illustrations Halpern, Susan P. portrait medallion of Austin Clarke(zinc) Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 . pencil drawing of W.B. Yeats(zinc plate) Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974 . birds/owl/face, dust jacket image(2 zinc plates) Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909 . Petrarch/Synge, portrait medallion of J.M. Synge, Francesco Petrarch, "Francesco Petrarcha", "J.M. Synge"(zinc plates) Cranwill, Mia 158 Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . And Their Death?, Conchobor in his royal, On the next day a fair, man holding drinking cup, woman (zinc and brass plates) Milne, Ewart, 1903- . Title page, decorative block (zinc plates) Victorian house/driveway (zinc plate) Miscellaneous 5 knights with spears/small boy in leaves (zinc plate) Da Vinci, Leonardo, 1452-1519 Miscellaneous Drawing of a woman (copper plate) Derricke, John Publication Illustrations Montague, John . Home again, Leaping fire, The bread god, Severed head, The Fault, A good night, Hymn to the Omagh Road, New Siege, Patriotic suite, Wild dog rose, man playing lyre, title page, epilogue, lyre/oval (zinc plate) Dominic, Zoë Publication Illustrations Reid, Alec, 1921- . Portrait of Jack MacGowran (zinc plate) Farrell, Don A. Publication Illustrations Fitzmaurice, George . Three faces in landscape (zinc) Gelderen, Gerritt van Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Raindeer woodcut, saint with staff (Two linocuts, one zinc plate) Miscellaneous Wedding invitation People in a boat/animals/house Gregory, William Robert, 1881-1918 Miscellaneous Bookplate with heart/club/spade/diamond, Charging unicorn (Dun Emer Press device) (zinc plates) Gyles, Althea Miscellaneous Binding device for the Secret Rose (zinc plates) Hayter, Stanley William, 1901- 159 Publication Illustrations Montague, John . Circular blocks (zinc plates) Le Brocquy, Louis, 1916- Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Two birds facing each other, figures, figures/arms, small plates, animal figure, baby, battle scene, birds, bird-brush painting, running figures, cow, crow, dog, face/mask, fighting figures, figure with shield, flight of birds, horses, kneeling figure, running dog (zinc plates) Tain cover block 158 MacWeeney, Leslie 160 Publication Illustrations MacDonagh, Donagh, 1912-1968 . Two figures in cloaks (zinc plate) Macentee, Maíre . Woman with hands in hair (zinc plate) Ussher, Arland . Frontispiece, background block (wood engraving, linocut) Ussher, Arland . Juggler, empress, pope, lover, chariot, justice, hermit, wheel of fortune, hanged man, star, moon, sun, judgement, world, strength, travelling man/dog, man using table/tools, woman reading book, death, king holding mace, angel holding jugs, horned devil, castle on fire (zinc plate, copper plate, linocut) Miscellaneous Women, St. Matthew nativity, Loves of Bregog and Mulla (zinc plates) no content McCarthy, John Publication Illustrations Wharton, Gordon, 1929- . King looking in mirror, king on throne, woman walking toward cabin, man riding horse, king on throne before ocean, vikings, bearded king portrait (zinc plates) McGuiness, Norah Publication Illustrations Fitzmaurice, George . Woman in dress on cliff (zinc plates) Mellingham, T. Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Figure (zinc plate) Metcalf, Percy Publication Illustrations Cleeve, Brian Talbot, 1921- . Bull shilling (zinc plate) Miller, Liam Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Zinc plate Warner, Alan, 1912- . Cover image (zinc plate) Miscellaneous Portrait of Synge Monsell, Elinor Miscellaneous Dun Emer Pressmark/Lady Emer and tree (zinc) Morrow, Michael Publication Illustrations Kennedy, Maurice . Man playing squeezebox, man holding reins, cover image, last page of text, wagons in landscape, title page illustration, (linocuts) Ussher, Arland . Title page, cover image, owl (linocuts) Miscellaneous Man carrying lamb/sleeping under tree O'Sullivan, Sean Publication Illustrations O'Brien, Flann, 1911-1966 . Two men with clubhttp://dspace.zsr.wfu.edu/ead/seals, man holding fish (zinc plates) Patton, Eric 161 Publication Illustrations MacDonagh, Donagh, 1912-1968 . Nude woman/city (linocut, zinc plate) Pike, Bridget Miscellaneous House/landscape (zinc plate) Rivers, Elizabeth Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Rooster on circle (wood engraving, zinc plate) Rivers, Elizabeth . Figures, title page, cover (wood engravings and zinc plate) Rivers, Elizabeth . Sunrise/tree/bird, man/tree/sunrise/tears, arch/stream, geometric shapes, figure/city in circle, man with outstretched arms, man on sphere, man/windows/teardop, group of figures, figures in doorway, sun/landscape, rain clouds, figures/triangle, figures/sun, sun/clouds, birds/flower/sun, men/moon, birds/sunrise, reclining man/tree, arch/doorway, windows, bells, figure in cityscape (wood engravings, zinc plates) Miscellaneous Angel, bird in landscape, bridge/wires/island, Christmas Card, entering city/Mary on donkey/angel/star,fishermen with nets, gathering of angels, Jesus with crown of thorns, man wearing hat with umbrella walking, man with crossed arms/star, men loading hay on donkey, nativity scene/angles/star/shepherds, nativity scene/Joseph/Mary/animals, nativity scene/star/shepherds, nativity scene/star/shephers/angel, nativity scene/stars/men on horses, two angels (wood engravings, copper plate, linocuts) H. Neville Roberts 162 Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Decorated bell, figures (zinc plates) Thomas Ryan Publication Illustrations McCormack, William . Portrait of Francis Stuart (zinc plate) Solomons, Estella F. Publication Illustratiosn O'Sullivan, Séamus and Solomons, Estella F. (Estella Frances), 1882-1968 . landscape drawing, portrait, self portrait, woman reading a paper, country lane, tree-lined lake/swan, man smoking a pipe, view of hotel courtyard, landscape drawing, library interior, portrait of bearded man, portrait of woman (zinc plates) Swinton, Bridget Publication Illustrations Kinsella, Thomas . Line drawing (zinc plates) Stanyhurst, Richard, 1547-1618 . reclining man/drinking, wheat stalk, man drinking, man with cup/spitting, reclining man/drinking, man holding glass/spitting, man drinking, man drinking man spitting, reclining man/drinking, first page of text, man/glass (linocuts, zinc plates) Miscellaneous Cards (zinc plates) Yeats, Anne Publication Illustrations Devlin, Denis . Zinc plate Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957 Publication Illustrations Berry, James, 1842-1914 . Man on horse with sword (zinc plate) Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957 . Interior drawing (zinc plate) Illustrations by title (Artist unidentified) 1942 1987 Abbey Theatre logo, Ballintubber Alley, Behan, Brendan . , , , Bookplates (Brigid Morrow, Clinton, Francis O'Callaghan, George Yeats, John Quinn, Maeve Barrington, S.W. Wright and Deborah Brown, T.A. Wallace, W.B. Yeats, Andre L. Flynn, Brian and Mary Boydell, Maurice Kennedy), Boucicault, Dion, 1820-1890 (Unidentified text), Brennan, Martin, 1942- . , Broadside ( ), Carol of Mary , Carrowmore, Daiken, Leslie H. . , Various Dolmen logos, Various Dun Emer plates, Eliza Beaumont signature, Emerald Isle album, Esso logo, Gaiety Theatre programme, Good friend for Jesus' sake, Freyer, Michael G., Guiness for Literati (ads), Giraldus Cambrensis, Gibbings. 163 Casey, Juanita. Horse of Selene , Casey, Juanita. Horse By the River , , Irish Chronicle, Papal seal, Montague, John. Rough Field , Montague, John. Patriotic Suit , Kavanaugh, Patrick, Kinsella, Thomas. New Poems , Irish Book Society, Georgesville No.1, Liffey, Anne, 1907- (angel image), Londonderry, Intermediate Education board for Ireland, Irish Writing, Miller, William, Nanur, Hanly, John , Irish Association logo, Irish Book logo, Irish Club logo 164 Christmas cards, Naightheadh , New Yeats papers, Plunket, Oliver, Saint, 1629-1681, Peppercanister Press logo, Poetry Book Society, Preludium, O'Sullivan, Séamus and Solomons, Estella F. (Estella Frances), 1882-1968. Retrospect, the work of Estella F. Solomons , Shakespeare portraits, Singing men of Casehl , St. Stephens Green (Dublin), Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909, Tower series logo 165 Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939. Here in the Seven woods , Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957. In Sand , Stephens, James (portrait), Clarke, Austin, 1896-1974. Selected Poems , Stage Design at the Abbey Theatre, Yeats and the Irish Renaissance, Yeats and the Noh, Z Studio logo 166 Other blocks 1942 1987 By subject: Animals, buildings, nature 167 By subject: People 168 169 Lead type, general 170 Unidentified general blocks 171