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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) Collection of ten letters written by William Butler Yeats (2...

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Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) Collection of ten letters written by William Butler Yeats (2...
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957)
Collection of ten letters written by William Butler Yeats (2) and Jack Butler Yeats (5) and Lily Yeats (3).
Provenance:
Miss Olive Pollexfen Jackson, Lisroyan, Sligo;
Private collection, Dublin
All written to the Yeats siblings' aunt on their mother's side, Mrs Alice Jackson, and to their cousin Miss Olive Pollexfen Jackson, both of Lisroyan, Sligo. The letters range in date from 9 February 1916 (Lily to Alice) to 11 January 1956 (Jack to Olive). Several of them relate to matters of family history as well as the usual family gossip; for instance, Lily Yeats discussing her niece, the late Anne Yeats (1919-2001), a gifted artist in her own right: "I would like her to take more care of her appearance, Michael is very much against her 'slacks' - she always calls on me in a skirt, stuffy old Aunt Lily she probably thinks" (11 July 1943). An interesting lot.
€3,000-€4,000 (IR £2,300-£3,100 approx.)
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