Adam's The History Sale Tuesday 24th April 2018

106 Tuesday 24th April 232 YEATS, LILY Autograph letter signed by LilyYeats at, Dundrum, Dublin, dated February 9th, 1916.Two pages quarto. Written to her aunt Alice, an interesting letter in which she discusses the Pollexfen family history, when her mother came to Sligo. She also discusses the AbbeyTheatre, Mr. Bodkin and some family friends. In fine condition. Susan Mary “Lily”Yeats (1866-1949) was a sister ofWilliam ButlerYeats and JackYeats.An embroiderer, she became involved in the Arts and Crafts movement in London, working as assistant to May Morris. Returning to Dublin in 1900, she and her sister Elizabeth joined Evelyn Gleeson in the Dun Emer crafts studio, where she ran the needlework section. In 1908 she founded the embroidery department of Cuala Industries, with which she was involved until its dissolution in 1931. She is known for her embroidered pictures. € 80 - 120 233 PROTECTING THE WEAK Supplement Grais with United Ireland, Saturday July 19th, 1890, 27 x 38cm, framed; together with a supplement from theWeekly Freeman, dated 4th August 1888,‘HIDE AND SEEK’, 28 x 41cm. (2) An eviction scene, a pathetic Irish family, mother with baby held by an agent with a pistol, the father held by RIC men. their furniture is thrown outside the cottage surrounded by policemen and on looking neighbours. the battering-ram is labelled “Balfour’s Maiden” and the legend reads: “The epitaph on the grave of this Govern- ment may run thus:- ‘While we held office and power in Ireland, we did our duty -WE PROTECTEDTHEWEAK’”-The Brave Mr. Balfour’s peroration in defence of his salary. € 300 - 400 234 JOHN LARKIN His memoriam card,‘’John Larkin, Ballywilliamore, who died on 9th May 1963, Aged 70 years’ , within grey borders. € 50 - 100 235 THE IRISH BULLETIN 1919 Issues 1 of this important cyclostyled news-sheet, 11 November 1919, detailing the decreed by the English Military Government in Ireland that ‘it is a crime to lecture onTechnical Education’ and a verdict from the Crimes court in Galway sentencing Mr. Sean Milroy, Sinn Fein Director to two months imprisonment for ‘illegal assem- bly in default of finding bail’. € 200 - 300