Artist: John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) Title: Music's Golden Tongue Signature: signed lower left and titled verso Medium: black and grey wash with white highlights Size: 22 x 17cm (8.7 x 6.7in) Framed Size: 43 x 38cm (16.9 x 15in) Provenance: Yeats Family Collection; Private Collection Exhibited: Possibly Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, 1900; Dublin, 6 St Stephen's Green, A Loan Collection of Pictures by Nathaniel Hone and John Butler Yeats, October - November 1901; New York, Albany Institute of History & Art, The Drawings of John Butler Yeats, 11 April - 31 May 1987, no.14, illustrated Literature: The Drawings of John Butler Yeats' by Fintan Cullen (exhibition cat.), 1987, p.25 a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Depicting a young woman and a man playing a concertina is a preparatory study for John Butler Yeats 'Music's Golden Tongue', c.1893-94 - a full-page illustration he produced for the family magazine 'Leisure Hour', vol.43, 1984, p.546. It is likely that Lily Yeats was the model for the girl.
Artist: John Butler Yeats RHA (1839-1922) Title: Music's Golden Tongue Signature: signed lower left and titled verso Medium: black and grey wash with white highlights Size: 22 x 17cm (8.7 x 6.7in) Framed Size: 43 x 38cm (16.9 x 15in) Provenance: Yeats Family Collection; Private Collection Exhibited: Possibly Dublin, Royal Hibernian Academy, 1900; Dublin, 6 St Stephen's Green, A Loan Collection of Pictures by Nathaniel Hone and John Butler Yeats, October - November 1901; New York, Albany Institute of History & Art, The Drawings of John Butler Yeats, 11 April - 31 May 1987, no.14, illustrated Literature: The Drawings of John Butler Yeats' by Fintan Cullen (exhibition cat.), 1987, p.25 a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} Depicting a young woman and a man playing a concertina is a preparatory study for John Butler Yeats 'Music's Golden Tongue', c.1893-94 - a full-page illustration he produced for the family magazine 'Leisure Hour', vol.43, 1984, p.546. It is likely that Lily Yeats was the model for the girl.
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