Holdings: [Souvenir handkerchief "Sold by the Irish Players at $1.00 towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane's great gift of pictures for Ireland"]

[Souvenir handkerchief "Sold by the Irish Players at $1.00 towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane's great gift of pictures for Ireland"]

[Souvenir handkerchief "Sold by the Irish Players at $1.00 towards a building to save Sir Hugh Lane's great gift of pictures for Ireland"]

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Bibliographic Details
Main Creator:	Yeats, John Butler, 1839-1922
Contributors:	Gregory, Lady, 1852-1932 Irish Players more
Summary:	Souvenir printed linen handkerchief sold in 1913, when the Abbey Theatre toured America and issued in support of the Hugh Lane bequest of his pictures to Ireland. Featuring a reproduction of a drawing of the cast of George Bernard Shaw's 'The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet' and portraits of actors Sara Allgood, Eithne Magee, Sydney J. Morgan, J.A. [Joseph Augustine] O'Rourke, Joseph M. Kerrigan, Udolphus Wright and Fred O'Donovan, (all accompanied with their autograph apart from the portrait of William Butler Yeats), with a quotation from the William Butler Yeats poem 'To a Wealthy Man who Promised a Second Subscription to the Dublin Municipal Gallery if it were Proved the People Wanted Pictures' and a quotation from Lady Augsuta Gregory's play 'The Rising of the Moon'.
Format:	Prints & Drawings
Language:	English
Published / Created:	1913.
Subjects:	Lane, Hugh Percy, > Sir, > 1875-1915 Lane, Hugh Percy, > Sir, > 1875-1915 > Art collections Lane, Hugh Percy, > Sir, > 1875-1915 > Art patronage Gregory, > Lady, > 1852-1932. > The Rising of the Moon Yeats, W. B. > (William Butler), > 1865-1939 Allgood, Sara, > 1883-1950 Allgood, Sara, > 1883-1950 > Performances Shaw, Bernard, > 1856-1950. > Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet > Dramatic production Kerrigan, J. M. > (Joseph M.), > 1884-1964 Kerrigan, J. M. > (Joseph M.), > 1884-1964 > Performances O'Donovan, Fred, > 1889-1952 O'Donovan, Fred, > 1889-1952 > Performances Wright, U. > (Udolphus) Magee, Eithne Magee, Eithne > Performances O'Rourke J.A., > -1937 Morgan, Sydney J. Morgan, Sydney J., > Performances Abbey Theatre. Abbey Theatre > History Irish Players Actors > Ireland > 1900-1920. Theater > Ireland > History > 20th century Art > Collectors and collecting > Ireland > 20th century Ireland > History > 1910-1921
Notes:	Two of these souvenir handkerchiefs are present in the National Library of Ireland. Physical description: 1 printed linen textile ; ill., 45 x 42.5 cm.. more

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Call Number	View In	Collection
EPH E207	Collection unavailable Access Note	Ephemera
PD 4270 TC	Collection unavailable Access Note	Prints & Drawings

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