W.B. Yeats
(1865-1939), Poet and dramatist; son of John Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats
Sitter in 59 portraits
Poet and dramatist of Irish origin, son of the artist J.B. Yeats. Yeats was prominent in both English and Irish literary circles and played a large part in the revival of Celtic literature and the Irish theatre; helped to establish the Abbey Theatre in Dublin as a national institution and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature (1923). A poet of expressive force and lyrical beauty whose work underwent profound development between The Celtic Twilight (1893) and The Winding Stair (1929). His 'Easter 1916' (1916) and 'An Irishman Foresees his Death' (1919) offer an unusual perspective on the First World War- a conflict that bitterly divided his own country. Senator, Irish Free State (1922-8).
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 15-16 July 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 15-16 July 1924
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Philip and Julian Morrell with friends at Garsington
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Summer 1930
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Walter de la Mare; Bertha Georgie Yeats (née Hyde-Lees); W.B. Yeats and an unknown woman
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Summer 1930
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W.B. Yeats; Walter de la Mare and others
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Summer 1930
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, Summer 1930
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Lady Ottoline Morrell with friends
possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1930
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What can we talk about (Lytton Strachey; W.B. Yeats)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1931
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1931
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1931
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'Lytton agrees and admires' (Lytton Strachey; W.B. Yeats)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1931
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1931
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'Lytton agrees and admires' (Lytton Strachey; W.B. Yeats)
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
snapshot print enlargement, 1931
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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W.B. Yeats; Dorothy Violet Wellesley (née Ashton), Duchess of Wellington
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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W.B. Yeats; Dorothy Violet Wellesley (née Ashton), Duchess of Wellington
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1935
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