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Jack B. Yeats , Irish, 1871-1957

Title

Bachelor's Walk, In Memory

Date1915

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions

45.7 x 61 cm

Credit LinePurchased, 2021, with generous and special support from the Government of Ireland and key contributions from several donors

Object numberNGI.2021.41

DescriptionOn 26 July 1914, a detachment of the King’s Own Scottish Borderers, which had intercepted a party of Irish Volunteers transporting arms from Howth, encountered a hostile crowd in central Dublin. In panic, the soldiers opened fire, killing three people, and injuring over thirty (one of whom died subsequently). Though Yeats did not witness the event, he executed a sketch on the spot the following day, and produced both this oil painting and a print on the subject.
ProvenancePurchased, 2021, with generous and special support from the Government of Ireland and key contributions from several donors