Photograph from the La Hune exhibition--Reading room of the National Library, Dublin
Title
Photograph from the La Hune exhibition--Reading room of the National Library, Dublin
Subject
National Library of Ireland
Description
On verso in pencil: "National Library | Cc Hypogée de pensée | Author de moi, | momies compartimentées, embaumées | dans des aromates de mots." Douane Centrale stamp on verso.
Large reading room with high ceilings and elaborate classical architectural details, including carved panels, decorative molding, and a frieze depicting figures holding garlands. The room contains rows of long wooden tables equipped with slanted bookstands, where numerous people are seated and reading. Two archways, flanked by bookshelves and topped with decorative pediments, lead to another section of the building. A gallery with turned balusters runs along the upper level. Signs reading “Silence is requested” are placed on the tables.
Large reading room with high ceilings and elaborate classical architectural details, including carved panels, decorative molding, and a frieze depicting figures holding garlands. The room contains rows of long wooden tables equipped with slanted bookstands, where numerous people are seated and reading. Two archways, flanked by bookshelves and topped with decorative pediments, lead to another section of the building. A gallery with turned balusters runs along the upper level. Signs reading “Silence is requested” are placed on the tables.
Source
State University of New York at Buffalo. Poetry Collection
Publisher
State University of New York at Buffalo. University Libraries
Date
1949
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - RIGHTS-HOLDER(S) UNLOCATABLE OR UNIDENTIFIABLE. This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. However, for this Item, either (a) no rights-holder(s) have been identified or (b) one or more rights-holder(s) have been identified but none have been located. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
Format
23.3 x 18.8
image/jpeg
Type
Image
Identifier
15.29
Date Created
2013-03-12
License
For information about obtaining a digital copy or licensing this image for publication, please contact the Poetry Collection. https://library.buffalo.edu/pl/use/james-joyce.html
Is Part Of
James Joyce Collection. LIB-PC004
James Joyce Collection. PCMS-0020
Collection
Citation
“Photograph from the La Hune exhibition--Reading room of the National Library, Dublin,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed October 30, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/index.php/items/show/9315.