Harry Clarke and the Elixir of Life

A little something for the season of strong drink. Harry Clarke's books command high prices in their original editions yet two of the costliest items in the Clarke bibliography are a pair of promotional booklets the artist illustrated for Jameson & Son's Irish Whiskey: A History of a Great House in 1924, and Elixir of Life a year later. Given the quality of Clarke's work for these publications it's a shame they remain out of print; I'm sure I'm not the only Clarkeophile who'd be happy to buy a facsimile edition.

Elsewhere on { feuilleton }

• The illustrators archive

Previously on { feuilleton }

• Cardwell Higgins versus Harry Clarke

• Modern book illustrators, 1914

• Illustrating Poe #3: Harry Clarke

• Strangest Genius: The Stained Glass of Harry Clarke

• Harry Clarke's stained glass

• Harry Clarke's The Year's at the Spring

• The art of Harry Clarke, 1889–1931