Illustrated letter from John B.Yeats, 317 West 29th street, New York to Mary Cottenham Yeats.
Description
Letter opens by chastising Mary Cottenham for having not written him an account of the Bernard Shaw show. Letter goes on to mention a planned meeting with John Quinn to draft a letter for the [Strand] which doesn’t want to pay him for a short article he wrote on [ill] Robertson. Also refers to sketching Miss Dupont and expresses the wish that Jack would send him a sketch of George Bernard Shaw. Letter ends with an ink sketch of the ‘baby killer and his dog’ in which the German submarine commander is drawn in civilian clothing, wearing a large crucifix, accompanied by a large dog with a [doll] in its jaws, and children fleeing in the background.
Creator
Yeats, John Butler
Related topics
Title | Illustrated letter from John B.Yeats, 317 West 29th street, New York to Mary Cottenham Yeats. |
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Creator | Yeats, John Butler |
Date | 7 June 1915 |
Type | Component |
Ref | IE NGI/YA/Y1/MCY/2/3/10 |
Level | Item |
Condition | Good |
Language | English |
Extent | 2 p |
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