J. M. Synge

J. M. Synge

1907

Vintage photograph

Inscribed on the reverse: “The photograph was taken in July 1906 during the Abbey Theatre company’s visit to Edinburgh. Photo the Green Studio Edinburgh.” Although Synge was a photographer himself, most notably of Aran Islands scenes between 1898 and 1903, he rarely sat for studio photographs himself. He died of Hodgkin’s disease in 1909.