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Identification: MSS 099, F292
Creator: Yeats, Jack Butler, 1871-1957.
Title: Jack B. Yeats letter to Lady Gregory
Inclusive Dates: 1930 June 16
Extent: 1 item (1 p.)
Abstract: Letter from Jack B. Yeats to Lady Gregory originally laid in Jack B. Yeats book Sligo.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
MSS 099, F292, Jack B. Yeats Letter to Lady Gregory, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
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Unknown, 1987.
Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, April 2007.
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Irish painter and illustrator, Jack Butler Yeats, was born August 29, 1871, in London, England. He was the son of John Butler Yeats, a successful portrait painter, and younger brother of the distinguished Irish poet, William Butler Yeats.
Sources:
Chilvers, Ian and Harold Osborne (eds.). The Oxford Dictionary of Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1988. p.545.
Irish writer Lady Gregory (1852–1932) was instrumental in the cultivation of theatre during the Irish Literary Renaissance.
Sources:
"Gregory, Lady, 1852–1932." Literature Online. http://lion.chadwyck.com (accessed March 27, 2007).
This collection consists of an autograph letter signed by Jack B. Yeats to Lady Gregory concerning his book Sligo (1930). The letter was originally laid in a copy of the book (Special Collections call number: SPEC PR6047.E3 S5 1930).
Jack B. Yeats letter to Lady Gregory, 1930 June 16 [Box 14 F292]
Autograph letter signed, 1 p.
