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, Irish, 1839-1922
Title
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) Poet, Playwright and the Artist's Son
Date1898
MediumGraphite and wash with white highlights on paper
Dimensions
35.6 x 25.3 cm
Signedcentre right: JB Yeats 1898 (Irish Watercolours and Drawings in The National Gallery of Ireland, Adrian Le Harivel, ed., 1991)
Credit LinePurchased, 1932
Object numberNGI.2942
ProvenancePurchased, Coole Park, Lady Gregory Sale, 1932Exhibition HistoryW.B. Yeats: Images of a Poet, Manchester; Dublin, 1961

W.B. Yeats: A Centenary Exhibition, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1965

Paintings and Drawings by John Butler Yeats from the Collection of Senator Michael B. Yeats and the National Gallery of Ireland, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1972

Irish Watercolours 1675-1925, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, 1976

Irish Watercolours and Drawings, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 1991

Irish Watercolours and Drawings, McMullen Museum of Art Boston College, Boston, 4 October 1993 – 5 December 1993