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William Butler Yeats: fourth plate

published 1919

Augustus John

Associated Names

Augustus John

Artist, Welsh, 1878 - 1961

The image is a portrait of a man with medium-length tousled hair and facial features including a pronounced brow, sharp cheekbones, and a slightly open mouth. He is wearing a shirt with a large bow or ribbon tied at the collar. The background is plain and unadorned, with a signature reading "John" on the right side.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

sheet: 28.3 × 22.2 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.5108
Catalogue Raisonné

Dodgson 1920, no. 27, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1920

Dodgson, Campbell. A Catalogue of Etchings by Augustus John 1901-1914. London: Charles Chenil and Co., 1920.

Wikidata ID

Q65019106

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