Letter from Lily Yeats, [1907-11-07]
PublicA handwritten letter to an unnamed customer from Lily Yeats in which she states "I have just posted to you Katherine Tynan's poems". She also encloses two book- markers "painted by the girls. My sister teaches them painting & drawing." Lily Yeats was the sister of W. B. Yeats and of Jack Yeats, and the daughter of John Butler Yeats. She was an embroiderer and worked with William Morris. Later, she headed the embroidery division of Dun Emer Industries while her sister Elizabeth was in charge of the hand press. The press was later renamed the Cuala Press.
- In Collection:
- 1 page ; 26 x 21 cm
- 53.38046, -6.27113
- Handwritten in black ink. Letterhead in green text: "Embroidery .. Lily Yeats. Hand Press .. Elizabeth C. Yeats. Dun Emer Industries Ltd. Dundrum, Co. Dublin, Ireland."
- Book Arts Collection
- Accession Number: 1997-015
- Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/lily-yeats-collection
- December 1, 2023
- Scanned on PLUSTEK OpticBook A300 Plus (600DPI; 1 letter) by PD. Metadata by KD.
- Rights
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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