| ID | 2397 |
|---|---|
| Collection | Hugh Lane Additional Papers |
| Reference | Mss27736-27793 |
| Description | This 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. |
| Access | By prior appointment. |
| Date | 1902-c1920 |
| Century | 20th |
| Keywords | |
| Repository Name | National Library of Ireland |
| Address | National Library of Ireland Department of Manuscripts 2-3 Kildare Street Dublin 2 |
| Eircode | D02 TR76 |
| Telephone | (01) 603-0386 |
| Email Address | mqueries@nli.ie |
| Email Address 2 | info@nli.ie |
| Repository Web Address | https://www.nli.ie/en/homepage.aspx |
| latitude | 53.34186 |
| longitude | -6.25441 |