Lot Essay
The ballad Seumas A-Righ was written by Pádraic Colum in 1911.
Details
Jack Butler Yeats, R.H.A. (1871-1957)
Illustration to Seumas A-Righ (James II)
signed upper right Jack B Yeats, pen, brush, black ink and watercolour
6½ x 5in. (16.5 x 12.8cm.)
Illustration to Seumas A-Righ (James II)
signed upper right Jack B Yeats, pen, brush, black ink and watercolour
6½ x 5in. (16.5 x 12.8cm.)
Provenance
R.N. Green-Armitage, Bath, 1917, by whom purchased direct from the artist
Literature
J.B. Yeats, A Broadside, 8, Jan. 1912 (illustrated)
H. Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats His Cartoons and Illustrations, Dublin, 1994, no.1870
H. Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats His Cartoons and Illustrations, Dublin, 1994, no.1870