his is a photograph of the graves of James Stephens and John O’Leary, two Fenian leaders who were buried side by side at the Glasnevin cemetery in Dublin.
A plaque on the gravestone reads:
A day, an hour of virtuous liberty is worth a whole eternity…
An excerpt from Victory Duruy's history textbook A History of Rome and the Roman People. The excerpt provides some description of Pyrrhus's siege of Asculum and his dealings with Roman commissioners.The excerpt is taken from from Chapter XVI of the…
Handwriting on verso "cadre plat en 11% argent"; Shakespeare and Company stamp; inserted photograph of this picture framed and displayed with 5.9, 5.10, 5.11
Inserted note in SB's handwriting "Sylvia Beach James Joyce | à Shakespeare and Company | 8 rue Dupuytren | en 1921 | (publication de 'Ulysses" en train)"