ID2397
CollectionHugh Lane Additional Papers
ReferenceMss27736-27793
DescriptionThis collection includes letters to Hugh Lane and to his sister Mrs Ruth Shine regarding matters such as the loan, sale and purchase of pictures, exhibitions and fundraising, Lane's appointment as Director of the National Gallery of Ireland, and social events. Lane's correspondents include:
Katharine Furse
Ethel Melville
Annie L Swynnerton
Phoebe A Traquair
Sarah Purser
Lily Yeats
Anne Countess of Drogheda
Duchess of Connaught
Lady Florence Phillips
May Murray, nee Falkiner
Geraldine Countess of Mayo.

Letters from W B Yeats to Mrs Shine relating to fundraising for the Municipal Gallery.

Letters from Dermod O'Brien to Mrs Shine relating to pictures for exhibitions.

Twenty one letters from Lady Gregory to Mrs Shine relating to efforts to establish a gallery of modern art in Dublin and the controversy over the Lane bequest.

Letters of condolence on Lane's death in 1915 from Wilbraham F Trench to Lady Gregory and from Chas [?Brady] to Mrs Shine.
AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1902-c1920
Century20th
Keywords
Repository NameNational Library of Ireland
AddressNational Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2
EircodeD02 TR76
Telephone(01) 603-0386
Email Addressmqueries@nli.ie
Email Address 2info@nli.ie
Repository Web Addresshttps://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx
latitude53.34186
longitude-6.25441