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11 de nov. de 2014 · Susan Pollexfen hailed from Sligo, in the West of Ireland, of solid middle-class, merchant Protestant stock. After a conventional upbringing, she enjoyed a brief and — we can assume, knowing what we know of John Yeats, dazzling — courtship, marrying him not long after he was first introduced to her as her brother's friend (on 10th September ...
Joan Hardwick. Pandora, 1996 - Biography & Autobiography - 263 pages. In his autobiography and letters the Irish poet W.B. Yeats gives the impression that he had one rather shadowy sister on the fringes of his life. In reality the poet was for long periods largely dependent on his two sisters, Susan (Lily) and Elizabeth (Lolly).
2 de dez. de 2013 · The painter Jack B Yeats and his brother, poet W. B. Yeats are both well known figures of the Irish Revival period, however, their sisters Susan ‘Lily’ Yeats (1866-1949) and Elizabeth ‘Lollie’ Yeats (1868-1940) also made important contributions to Irish culture, both in terms of publishing and arts and crafts. Both sisters studied at ...
Yeats, Lily (1866–1949). Irish embroiderer, printer and publisher. Born Susan Mary Yeats on August 25, 1866, at Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland; died on January 5, 1949, in Dublin, Ireland; eldest daughter of John Butler Yeats, known as J.B. Yeats, and Susan Pollexfen Yeats; sister of William Butler Yeats (the poet); educated at home, at ...
18 de mar. de 2023 · Susan (Lily) Yeats’s Apple Trees, silk embroidery on blue poplin designed by Elizabeth Yeats: In 1890s London, the sisters became part of an artistic circle that shaped an Irish revival, and ...
Imelda May explores the legacy of Susan and Elizabeth Yeats, two sisters who played a significant role in the revival of Irish literature in the 1920s. Watch. Download.
John Butler Yeats is buried in Chestertown Rural Cemetery in Chestertown, New York, next to his friend, Jeanne Robert Foster. Family. Yeats married Susan Pollexfen (13 July 1841 – 3 January 1900) on 10 September 1863 at St. John's Church, Sligo. Susan Yeats was dismayed when her husband abandoned the study of law to become an artist.
