John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) Portrait of a Lady Pencil on paper, 25 x 33cm (9.5 x 13'') Signed and dated March 9th 1900 Provenance: The collection of the Yeats' family. From the estate of the...

John Butler Yeats (1839-1922) Portrait of a Lady Pencil on paper, 25 x 33cm (9.5 x 13'') Signed and dated March 9th 1900 Provenance: The collection of the Yeats' family. From the estate of the late Senator Michael Butler Yeats In March 1900 Yeats was in London, where his wife Susan died on the third day of the new century. The sitter may be his favourite daughter Lily (see a similar drawing reproduced in Murphy: Prodigal Father p.181)

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