‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

‡Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967)

Portrait of William Butler Yeats

Pencil and watercolour on a pamphlet entitled A BIRTHDAY PRESENTATION TO WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

17.6 x 12.7cm (folded)

Unframed

Provenance:

Siegfried Sassoon;

And by family descent

The pamphlet on which Siegfried Sassoon has executed the present work invites 'the Painters, Sculptors, Musicians and Writers of this Country...to show their admiration of the Poet by contributing to a Birthday Gift to him.'