Church decorator, of Dublin. Joshua Clarke, who was born in England circa 1868, came to Dublin in his youth as a salesman for an ecclesiastical suppliers after the collapse of the family printing business in Leeds. By 1886 he had set up his own business as a church decorator at 33 North Frederick Street and had married Brigid MacGonigal from Cliffoney, Co. Sligo. In 1892 he was able to employ an English stained-glass draughtsman named Pope, and the business was eventually to become entirely dedicated to the production of stained glass. Clarke owned the business until the summer of 1921 when it became a limited company and the premises were made over to his elder son, WALTER CLARKE WALTER CLARKE . He died of peritonitis on 13 September 1921, aged fifty-three. After his death the business was managed by his sons Walter and HARRY CLARKE HARRY CLARKE . In January 1931 the decorating side of the Clarke Studios was terminated, and the company was renamed the Harry Clarke Stained Glass Studios Ltd.
Address: 33 North Frederick Street, Dublin, <=1896 until death
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from Nicola Gordon Bowe, The Life and Work of Harry Clarke (Irish Academic Press, 1989).
According to Clarke's granddaughter, Ann Simmons, Joshua Clarke added the final 'e' to his surname when he established himself in Dublin.
Information from Thom's directories.
14 work entries listed in chronological order for CLARKE, JOSHUA *
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CO. CAVAN, BALLYHAISE, CHURCH (CI, CASTLETERRA PARISH) |
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1888 |
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Triple light E window (Christ with Mary & Martha, Ascension, Raising of Lazarus) attr. to Joshua Clarke & Sons.
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Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/3057/ (last visited, Jan 2014).
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CO. CARLOW, CLONEGAL, CHURCH OF ST FIACE (CI) |
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1900ca |
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Stained glass window in N wall of nave (Angel and women at the tomb).
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Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/2890/ (last visited, Dec 2016).
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CO. DUBLIN, CLONSILLA, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI) |
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1904;1911 |
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Stained glass windows: 3-light E window (Prodigal Son, Good Shepherd, Good Samaritan), 1904; lancet windows in N and S walls (Annunciation, Ascension), 1911.
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Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/2969/ (last visited, Sep 2015).
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CO. MONAGHAN, CASTLEBLAYNEY, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MAELDOID (CI, MUCKNO PARISH) |
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1923 |
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Double lancet stained glass window in S aisle (St Cecilia and Angel and Women at the Tomb) in memory of Frances Helen Reid (d. 1921), organist at the church. Signed and dated by Joshua Clarke & Sons ('appears to be based on cartoons by Harry Clarke').
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Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/building/3267/ (last visited, Jan 2014).
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CO. DUBLIN, WHITECHURCH, CHURCH (CI) |
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? |
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Stained glass window (Ascension).
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Illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 298.
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