The Lake at Coole
Artist
William Butler Yeats
(1865 - 1939)
Date1903
MediumPastel on paper
Dimensions17.8 × 23 cm
ClassificationsPastels
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery.
Bequeathed, 2021.
Object number2141
DescriptionThis pastel is a rare survivor of W.B Yeats’ paintings and drawings. While Yeats devoted himself to poetry, he had studied art at the Metropolitan School of Art and the Royal Hibernian Academy School in Dublin. The scene shows the flooded lake at Coole, County Galway, the home of Lady Gregory.On View
Not on view
