JTAA/0112

Copies of 2 photographs of Davy Stephens

“Davy Stephens, minute in a large capecoat, a small felt hat crowning his ringlets, passed out with a roll of papers under his cape, a king’s courier.” (Ulysses) A well-known Dublin newsvendor and character, Stephens claimed to have sold papers to King Edward VII and other princes, potentates and politicians. Photograph given to the Tower by John Osman of the Gallery of Photography, Wellington Quay, Dublin, 1991.

Year: 1892
Format: image/jpeg
Language: en

Subject

Museum artefacts, James Joyce

License

This collection is being made available under the CC BY-NC-ND licence, which allows users to access the material as long as the original copyright holder is credited; the material cannot be changed in any way or used commercially. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/