MAYO FAIR [ILLUSTRATION TO 'THE SMALL TOWN'], 1905

Signature: signed lower right Medium: ink and watercolour Size: 10 x 12in. (25.40 x 31cm) Framed Size: 17 x 19.50in. (43.18 x 49.53cm) Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: Collection of Muriel Ryan Exhibited: 'Drawings and Pictures of Life in the West of Ireland', Stephen's Green Gallery, Dublin, 25 April to 9 May 1923, catalogue no. 23 Literature: Manchester Guardian, 22 July 1905, p. 7;J. M. Synge, Collected Works Vol 2, London 1966, p. 331 as 'Market Day'; Hilary Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats: His Cartoons and Illustrations, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1994, catalogue no. 711, p. 133 (illustrated) Manchester Guardian, 22 July 1905, p. 7;J. M. Synge, Collected Works Vol 2, London 1966, p. 331 as 'Market Day'; Hilary Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats: His Cartoons and Illustrations, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1994, catalogue no. 711, p. 133 (illustrated) Manchester Guardian, 22 July 1905, p. 7;J. M. Synge, Collected Works Vol 2, London 1966, p. 331 as 'Market Day'; Hilary Pyle, The Different Worlds of Jack B. Yeats: His Cartoons and Illustrations, Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1994, catalogue no. 711, p. 133 (illustrated) In 1905 John Millington Synge was commissioned to write a series of articles for the Manchester Guardian on the distress in what were known as the 'congested districts' in the West of Ireland. He asked Jack Yeats to come with him on his journey of i...

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