Man and woman in vehicle passing 102-103 Grafton Street

To start the week we have a lady and her driver in a carriage on Grafton Street, Dublin.

There's been some speculative discussion on whether the lady was on her way to shop at the Manning's store in the background, (and lots of great information on that store to be found in the comments below). Or perhaps alighting to attend a (masked) ball at a nearby venue. But we've yet to have a consensus on whether the lady's apparent choice of mask was driven by fashion, theatre or perhaps to rob the bank located two doors up on Grafton Street...

Photographers: J. J. Clarke

Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection

Date: Circa 1897 - 1904

NLI Ref: CLAR13

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