William Butler Yeats
Photograph
ca. 1890 (photographed)
ca. 1890 (photographed)
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Frederick Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial Who’s Who of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats(1865-1939) was the leader of the Irish literary renaissance and one of the major figures of 20th-century literature.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Platinum print |
| Brief description | Portrait of William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Portraits of many persons of note photographed by Frederick Hollyer, Vol. 1, platinum print. |
| Physical description | bust portrait of Yeats looking slightly to the right. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Very truly WB Yeats' (Written by hand and signed on a piece of paper (cut from a letter) affixed to album page below photograph.) |
| Credit line | Given by Eleanor M. Hollyer |
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| Summary | Frederick Hollyer was the photographer of choice for the artistic set of the late 19th century. His Portraits of Many Persons of Note fills three volumes with nearly 200 portraits and comprises a pictorial Who’s Who of late Victorian and Edwardian celebrities. Irish poet and playwright William Butler Yeats(1865-1939) was the leader of the Irish literary renaissance and one of the major figures of 20th-century literature. |
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| Accession number | 7637-1938 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2003 |
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