prison art / Maryboro Prison, 1923

Maryboro Prison, 1923. White cotton handkerchief, 16.25 inches square. Hand painted design in centre showing Maryboro Prison flanked on either side by tricolor. Above, heart pierced by crossed arrows, and circled by ring inscribed "Mary-Boro Prison". Below is design including harp and cross and words: "In/memory/of/P. Hickey/M. Daly/J. Byrne/P. Geraghty/who died in/Prison/R.I.P." In bottom right-hand corner is printed: "Paddy Buttner/No. 3333/Landing E.3/Cell. 39".;