Lot 62 Jack Butler Yeats

Jack B. Yeats RHA 1871-1957 HIS OFFERING THE DUKE 'LORD CHURCHILL' THE 'SYRUP' LEADING TO CATASTROPHIC EFFECT ( THE DUKE'S FIGURE DISTENDED AND DISTORTED) Pen and ink, 4 1/4'' x 7'' (11 x 18cm). Another pen and ink drawing verso 'The hero racing to catch a train, chased by a dog. Hero seen buying a chemist shop- 'Smiths'. Last seen bandaging a patient with sticking plaster.' Purported to have been sent to his cousin Edward Butler Yeats, 1880s Provenance: The Sandford Gallery, Dublin