Title
Lady Gregory, W.B. Yeats, and George Bernard Shaw at Coole Park
Date
1910
Subject
Vintage photograph. Inscribed by Lady Gregory.
Description
During summer trips to Ireland, George Bernard Shaw visited Lady Gregory’s home at Coole Park three times, including a notable four-week stay in 1915. He inscribed his initials in her famous beech tree and made photographs of Coole Lake and the surrounding area as well as of Lady Gregory and her friends and family. Admiring Lady Gregory deeply, he called her “the greatest living Irishwoman.”
Source
Manuscripts and Archives Division. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations
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