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The History Sale 19th April 2016
A very rare mounted photograph, circa 3 ins x 8 ins, showing about sixty uniformed members
of the Maritime Inscription, a volunteer naval reserve force formed at the start of World War
II, when there were fears that Ireland’s external trade might be cut off by hostilities. This was
the start of the Irish naval service. The person identified in the photo with a pencilled arrow is
Herman (Hymie) Kernoff, brother of the artist Harry Kernoff. Bob Geldof’s father also joined
the maritime reserve, and may be in this photo. With a postcard photo of Hymie Kernoff with
his companion Winifred Gorry, inscribed ‘To Babs / with love / from / K’. Also with a cyclostyled
song-sheet from a Maritime Inscription dinner at the Dolphin Hotel, November 1940. [Winifred
Gorry and Hymie Kernoff were a couple, but did not marry, perhaps because Gorry was a
Catholic, whereas Kernoff was Jewish. She was a fashion buyer at Arnotts.]
Provenance: Winifred Gorry, friend of Hymie Kernoff.
€ 100 - 150
A collection of twelve monochrome photographs depicting Dublin (mostly) at the time of Queen Victoria’s visit, each
photograph approx. 7 x 9.5cm, with handwritten description on the mount. Including “H.M. Yacht Victoria & Albert in
Kingstown Harbour”; “In Nassau St. - Where we viewed the city”; “Leeson Street Bridge”; etc. Contained in an album with
green cloth boards.
€ 400 - 600