Shard Collection

Repository: RTE Stills Library

Identity Statement

TitleShard Collection
Archive ReferenceIE RTÉ Archives/Shard
Web Link to this Entryhttps://iar.ie/archive/shard-collection
Creation Datesc1880-1910
Extent MediumThe collection consists of a total of 506 items: 352 negative images, 153 positive images and 1 b/w print

Context

Creator(s): Shard, Dawson, fl 1902

  • Administrative History ↴

    The collection of photographs was created by Dawson Shard and is made up of the Shard family photographs, taken in the South County Dublin/County Wicklow area at the turn of the twentieth century. It is known, from his father's will of 1902, that Dawson Shard was one of five, his siblings being Charles, William Isaac, Sophie Aufere and Henrietta. Dawson Shard was the son of Charles Shard of 6 Connaught Street, Hyde Park, the grandson of Charles Shard of Hedgerley Park, Buckinghamshire and the great-grandson of the William Dawson of Manchester Square and of Settle, Yorkshire. It is known from his gravestone that he died at Kingstown, Co. Dublin (now known as Dún Laoghaire).

  • Archival History ↴

    The collection was purchased at auction and sold to RTÉ by F.P. Cahill in 1979.

  • Immediate Source Acquisition ↴

    Purchase

Content & Structure

  • Scope & Content: Shard, Dawson, fl 1902 ↴

    This collection of 506 photographs of the Shard family was taken in the South County Dublin/County Wicklow area at the turn of the twentieth century. Family members can be seen formally posing for photographs and participating in leisure pursuits such as yachting, shooting and tennis matches. The identifiable locations include Clarinda Park and de Vesci Terrace in Dún Laoghaire (or Kingstown as it was then known) and Dalkey in County Dublin.

  • Appraisal Destruction ↴

    Permanent Retention

  • Accruals ↴

    No further accruals expected

  • Arrangement ↴

    The collection is held in a linear arrangement in reference number order.

Conditions of Access & Use

Access Conditions All of the images in the Shard Collection are fully catalogued and available to view via the online catalogue with the RTÉ watermark. Unwatermarked images, whether high or low resolution, are only issued via Stills Library staff.
Conditions Governing ReproductionImages can be reproduced with permission only and according to rate card published on RTÉ Stills Library Online. An online ordering system exists.
Creation Datesc1880-1910
Extent MediumThe collection consists of a total of 506 items: 352 negative images, 153 positive images and 1 b/w print
Characteristics Tech ReqAll of the images were scanned as high resolution jpegs. Most are 18MB in size with a pixel dimension of 2048 x 3072
Finding Aids An item level catalogue is available to search online at: https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/collections.html Archive Web Link →

Allied Materials

Originals InformationSince 2001 the original negatives have been held in the National Photographic Archive with the digital images being held by RTÉ Archives.

Descriptive Control Area

Archivist NoteRTE Stills Librarian
Rules/ConventionsISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description. 2nd ed. Ottowa: International Council on Archives, 2000. National Council on Archives: Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names. Chippenham: National Council on Archives, 1997.
Date of Descriptions41699