Illustrated letter with envelope from Jack Butler Yeats, 61 Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin, to John Butler Yeats, 317 West 29th street, New York.
Description
Jack thanks his father for a book on Renoir and the article ‘The education of Jack Butler Yeats’ which was published in the Christian Science Monitor 2 November, 1920. He includes an illustration of two seamen on the Dublin docks with the explanation: ‘in this wintry weather I like to be down the quays to see the old retired decrepit seamen…’. Relates that Claire Marsh is painting a portrait of Mary Cottenham Yeats and news of a party at Susan Mitchell’s. Envelope also includes a graphite half length profile portrait of a woman.
Creator
Yeats, Jack Butler
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Title | Illustrated letter with envelope from Jack Butler Yeats, 61 Marlborough Road, Donnybrook, Dublin, to John Butler Yeats, 317 West 29th street, New York. |
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Creator | Yeats, Jack Butler |
Date | 19 January 1921 |
Type | Component |
Ref | IE NGI/YA/Y33/3 |
Level | File |
Condition | Good |
Language | English |
Extent | 2 items, 5pp |
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