Blackham, Dorothy (Dorothy Isabel), 1896–1975
Dates
- Existence: 1896 - 1975
Biographical Note
Dorothy Isabel Blackham (1896–1975), artist and teacher, was born 1 March 1896 in Dublin, to Charles H. and Jane Ruthven (Lowry) Blackham. She studied at the Royal Hibernian Academy schools, the Metropolitan School of Art, and in London at Goldsmith's College. She taught at Alexandra College (1936–43) and was the assistant warden at the Gibraltarian Evacuation Camp in Derry (1944). In 1947 she married Elsner Stewart and they moved to London, returning to Ireland in 1967. Blackham was a prolific artist who exhibited in both Ireland and England, including at Ulster Society of Women Artists, the Watercolour Society of Ireland, the Arts and Crafts Society of Ireland, Aonach Tailteann, Royal West of England Academy, United Society of Artists, and Royal Society of British Artists. She illustrated for Cluna Press, Cuala Press, the Irish Tourist Association, The Bell, and The Ideal Irish Home.
Source:
"IE TCD MS 11574: The Cuala Press Print Collection" finding aid, Library of Trinity College Dublin, Department of Manuscripts and Archives.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 77 Collections and/or Records:
Card ("Barnacullia"), "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bruce Garrett send Christmas Greetings and best wishes for the New Year", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 2, "Christmas", between 1908-1968
Brindley, L.H. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Card No. 2, "Christmas", between 1908-1968
Brindley, Louis H. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 6, "The Shepherd", between 1908-1968
Bolton, Edmund (Poet). 2 copies.
Collection is open for research.
Card No. 6, "The Shepherd", between 1908-1968
Bolton, Edmund (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 9, "Christmas Hearth", between 1908-1968
Letts, W.M. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 17, "Christmas Wish", between 1908-1968
Sarr, Kenneth (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 21, "Shall we Dread", between 1908-1968
Tynan, Katharine (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Card No. 21, "Shall we Dread", between 1908-1968
Tynan, Katharine (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 22, "A Christmas Toast", between 1908-1968
Tynan, Katharine (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Card No. 22, "Christmas Toast", between 1908-1968
Tynan, Katharine (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 25, "Christians Awake", between 1908-1968
Poem from a carol.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 27, "Over the Snow", between 1908-1968
Poem from a Norwegian carol.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 28, "O Holy Babe", between 1908-1968
"From the Irish".
Collection is open for research.
Card No. 28, "O Holy Babe", between 1908-1968
Poem "from the Irish".
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 33, "December", between 1908-1968
Brindly, L.H. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 36, "A Fragrant Prayer", between 1908-1968
Hyde, Douglas (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 38, "Friendship of God", between 1908-1968
Lane, Temple (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 39, "Glendalough", between 1908-1968
Lawless, Emily (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 40, "Now Winter's Here", between 1908-1968
Letts, W.M. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 41, "Friends", between 1908-1968
Sinclair, Eleanor (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 42, "Sweet Courtesies", between 1908-1968
Sterne, L. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 43, "The Plough", between 1908-1968
Whittier, J.G. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 44, "Autumn Beauty", between 1908-1968
Yeats, W.B. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 46, "First Winter Song", between 1908-1968
"From the Irish".
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.