[Illustrations by Stella Steyn]

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Two drawings in gouache and pen & ink, signed within illustration by the Irish artist Stella Steyn and both captioned underneath image in manuscript hand on sheet in pencil or ink - 'Whereas in silks my Julia goes' [tear present at top of sheet when acquired by the NLI] and 'When fishy stalls with double store are laid,'.

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Main Creator: Steyn, Stella, 1907-1987
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Subjects:
Gouaches > Irish > 1920-1950.
Notes:Steyn enrolled in 1924 in the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art; in 1926, (in the company of her mother and artist Hilda Roberts), she went to Paris to study at the Académie Scandinave and at La Grande Chaumière. While in Paris she met James Joyce, who would subsequently ask her to provide illustrations for 'Finnegans Wake'. In 1928 she was awarded the Tailteann Silver Medal. She enrolled in 1931 at the Bauhaus. Following her marriage in 1938 to then Professor of French at the University of London, David Ross, (whom she met while in Germany in 1933), she spent the rest of her life in England.

Physical description: 2 drawings : gouache, pen & ink (over pencil), 17.1 x 13.6 cm, on sheet 40.4 x 27.9 cm. and 11.5 x 13.1 cm., on sheet 37.3 x 29.2 cm..

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Published / Created: [n.d., between ca. 1929 and 1950?].
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[Illustrations by Stella Steyn]

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Bibliographic Details
In Collection: Illustrations by Stella Steyn
Description:Two drawings in gouache and pen & ink, signed within illustration by the Irish artist Stella Steyn and both captioned underneath image in manuscript hand on sheet in pencil or ink - 'Whereas in silks my Julia goes' [tear present at top of sheet when acquired by the NLI] and 'When fishy stalls with double store are laid,'.
Main Creator: Steyn, Stella, 1907-1987
Created: [n.d., between ca. 1929 and 1950?].
Language:English
Extent:2 drawings : gouache, pen & ink (over pencil), 17.1 x 13.6 cm, on sheet 40.4 x 27.9 cm. and 11.5 x 13.1 cm., on sheet 37.3 x 29.2 cm..
Format:Prints & Drawings
Call Number: PD 4654 TX (1-2) (Collection unavailable)
Rights:Subject to the provisions of the Copyright Act 2000, this remains in copyright. It is necessary to obtain the express permission of the copyright owner before reproducing this image.