Title
Maud Gonne
Subject
Vintage studio photograph. From the estate of W. B. Yeats, with “Cuala Industries” stamp and George Yeats’s annotation, “Return to Mrs Yeats.”
Description
Maud Gonne, leading activist for Irish nationhood, rejected Yeats’s proposals of marriage at least four times. Yeats’s complicated personal life is illustrated by this photo of his most important muse, which was lent by his widow, George, also the best friend of the daughter of one of Yeats’s lovers, Olivia Shakespear.
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