painting / May Dawn, 1916

Framed oil painting entitled 'May Dawn' by Seán Keating P.R.H.A. Depicting an Irish Volunteer awaiting execution in Kilmainham Jail in May 1916. This painting was commissioned by Liam Gogan, then Keeper of Irish Antiquities at the National Museum, in 1952. The subject of the painting is Edward (Ned) Daly, of Limerick. Painted posthumously from photographs of Ned Daly provided by his family. The Capuchin monk is likely to be based on Fr Augustine.;