The document presents 'Drawn to the Page', a database of Irish artist illustrated titles held in Trinity College Dublin libraries, covering publications from around 1830 to 1930. It includes select illustrations from significant works, biographical information about the artists and publishers, and contextual details surrounding each image. The resource aims to enhance understanding of Irish art and culture through digital humanities efforts.

1. DRAWN TO
THE PAGE
6 FEBRUARY 2015
Emma Clarke
Digital Humanities,
School of Computer Science
and Statistics,
Trinity College Dublin @Clarke__Emma
@DrawnToThePage
Dr Angela Griffith
Department of History of
Art and Architecture,
Trinity College Dublin

2. Drawn
to the
Page
History of
Art
Digital
Humanities
Computer
Science
(TCHPC)
TCD
Library /
EPB /
DRIS

3. M.Phil in Digital Humanities and Culture
http://dh.tcd.ie/dhc/

4. Exhibition of Irish Artists
and illustration
The Long Room,
Trinity College Library
October 2012 –
April 2013

5. From the page to the screen
Add screenshot of
main page of
database.

6. Drawn to the Page
• A database of Irish artist illustrated titles held in TCD
libraries published from c.1830 – 1930
• Select illustrations from significant publications by Irish
artists
• Biographical information on the artists and publishers
involved
• Select information on the cultural contexts surrounding
each image/illustrated text

7. Metadata: “the information that accompanies
artifacts”

15. @DrawnToThePage #DTTP

17. Harry Clarke (1889 – 1931)
The history of a great house…(1926)
Dublin of the future…(1923)
Fairytales of Hans
Christian Andersen
(1916)

18. http://www.tcd.ie/Library/about/exhibitions/drawn-to-the-page/

19. http://digitalcollections.tcd.ie/home/#searchresults
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/
collection_online/collection_object_detai
ls.aspx?objectId=1582628&partId=1&se
archText=Gethin&page=1

21. Harry Clarke, from Ireland’s Memorial Records 1914 - 1918 A - C Vol. I, 1923
Jack Yeats, From A Broadside, October 1911
Mabel Annesley, from
Songs from Robert Burns, 1925

22. Harry Clarke, ‘Storks’ from
Fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen, (1916)
Daniel Maclise,
The chimes: a goblin story…(1845)

23. http://dttp.tcd.ie/artist/16

24. Thank you.
Harry Clarke
Goethe,
Faust,
1926

25. References
• Kramer, Michael J. 2014. “Going Meta on Metadata.” Journal of
Digital Humanities.
• Sternfeld, Joshua. 2014. “Historical Understanding in the Quantum
Age.” Journal of Digital Humanities.