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Edward Martyn Having a Week of it in Paris
Edward Martyn Having a Week of it in Paris

Edward Martyn Having a Week of it in Paris

Artist (1888 - 1955)
MediumPen and ink on paper
Dimensions27 x 21.2 cm
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Donated by Joseph Holloway, 1937. © The Estate of Grace Vandeleur Plunkett.
Object number816
DescriptionEdward Martyn (1859-1923), with Yeats and Lady Gregory, founded the Irish Literary Theatre in 1899, and wrote his play 'The Heather Field' for it. He was also one of the founders of An Túr Gloine, Sarah Purser's stained glass studio; and was instrumental in bringing leading contemporary artists to the new Cathedral in Loughrea, in the early years of the 20th century, to design windows, banners and sculptures. A shy, retiring man, who lived on his own at Tullyra Castle, County Galway, he was satirized by George Moore in 'Hail and Farewell', as well as by Gifforrd.
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Portrait of Edward Martyn
Sarah Henrietta Purser
c. 1899
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Grace Vandeleur Plunkett
1906
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Jack B Yeats
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Antonio Mancini
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Petit Appartement à Paris
William Crampton Gore
1911
Henry IV - From the Quai des Grandes Augustins, Paris
Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson
c. 1930
Rue St. Antoine, Paris
Stella Steyn
1926
St. Merri, Paris
Charles J Watson
1909