Ernest Radford, Chambers Twain, London, Elkin Matthews: 1890.

Part of the Irish Archive

Description

Physical description: 100 p.: ill, 19 cm. This item belonged to Mary Cottenham Yeats and has been used as a drawing book. Includes as follows: 1. Inside front cover, Cottie Yeats bookplate, uncoloured. 2. Unsigned pencil portrait [by Mary Cottenham Yeats] of 'Jack singing, June 21st 1900': fly leaf. 3. 'Song of the fairies' a manuscript four verse poem by William Butler Yeats, illustrated with an ink drawing of a tree with goblin-like fairies: fly leaf. 4. 'If' - a three verse poem in manuscript illustrated with three 'sketches, Jack Butler Yeats' c. 1891. Sketches include men in evening suits around a dinner table and a man being pushed from an open window: fly leaf. 5. ‘This space to let' inscribed in pencil: fly leaf. 6. 'Arthur A. Allingham' inscribed in pencil: fly leaf. 7. Unsigned pen and ink illustration of a child at the base of a tree, decorating the poem 'To W.T.': p. iii. 8. Pen and ink drawing of a couple being led by angels through and open door, entitled 'Here abide' and signed 'A. G. O. 1891', illustrating the poem, 'On reading ‘the roots of the mountains’: p.3. 9. Two pen and ink drawings of a couple in an interior, illustrating the poem 'Arts extremes', signed 'W. H. Roe, 1891': p. 11. 10. Pen and ink drawing of a fantasy female figure signed MCW (Mary Cottenham White), illustrating the poem 'For an ideal'. (Page 27). 11. Pen and ink drawing of a woman in elaborate costume illustrating the poem 'Marguerite'. Signed 'Alan Wright' in graphite: p. 37. 12. Pen and ink drawing of of a window with books, from the interior, illustrating the poem 'A poor author to his books'. Signed 'MFY 1896': p. 41. 13. Very delicate pen and ink illustration of fairies and a dragon, signed MCW (Mary Cottenham White): p. 53. 14. Very delicate pen and ink drawing of a female and a male figure, illustrating the poem 'Das fraulein stand am thure', and signed MCW (Mary Cottenham White): p. 80. 15. Pen and ink drawing of a man standing beside his horse, illustrating the poem 'Am kreuzweg wird begraben', signed 'Jack Butler Yeats': p. 91. 16. Very delicate pen and ink drawing of a female fantasy figure and cherub, illustrating the poem 'Auf meiner herzliebsten augelein', signed 'MCW' (Mary Cottenham White): p. 96

Creator

Radford, Ernest

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Radford, Ernest