The Supreme Sacrifice

The Irish-American sculptor Jerome Connor lived at Annascaul, Co. Kerry for fourteen years before emigrating with his family to Holyoke, Massachusetts. From 1898 – 1903 he lived in the Roycroft in New York State, a community of craft workers and artists. It was from here that he developed his style as a sculptor, working on monuments and memorials. In 1910, Connor established his own studio in Washington, D.C. The present work relates to The Supreme Sacrifice, 1920, in Washington DC, which is dedicated to District government employees who lost their lives in the First World War.