[5] The Arts Council of Ireland awarded him with a Douglas Hyde Gold Medal for historical painting in 1977.

[3] In Dublin, Davis was well known for masquerading as Leopold Bloom, the main character of Ulysses, and leading Bloomsday parades.

The exhibition opened on Bloomsday, 16 June, in a gallery located on Howth Head, the setting of the soliloquy that ends Ulysses.

Davis dressed as Leopold Bloom in an Edwardian suit and bowler hat in order to publicise and celebrate the event.

[2] Davis lectured on Irish art and literature in Australia, Europe and the US, focusing on James Joyce and Samuel Beckett.