Macnie (Isa, 'Mac')  A very good collection of four original...

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€800

Macnie (Isa, 'Mac')  A very good collection of four original caricatures in ink and watercolour, all signed 'Mac', each circa 8" ins x 6½" ins, framed and glazed, as follows:
- Sean  O'Casey, Author of 'Juno and the Paycock', etc.; 
- Arthur Shields [the Abbey actor] as 'Hyacinth Halvey' [in the play by Lady Gregory];
- Miss Sara Allgood [the Abbey actress], signed twice;
- Untitled, probably Lennox Robinson, the Abbey manager and playwright;
And with a signed hand-coloured print of her well-known drawing reprinted from the Irish Times showing W.B. Yeats and George Russell passing each other on Merrion Square, one with his head in the clouds, the other looking down at his feet.
Isa Macnie [1869-1958] was an Irish cartoonist and caricaturist; her book 'The Celebrity Zoo' was published in 1925. She was also an active suffragette, an actress, a pianist and a noted sportswoman (she was Irish ladies' croquet champion in 1907). Her father was a Scottish printer who moved to Dublin.
As a collection.  (1)