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Blackham, Dorothy (Dorothy Isabel), 1896–1975

 Person

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

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection contains materials collected by Loretta Clarke Murray relating to the fight for Irish Independence, particularly materials belonging to women who fought for the cause. Included are materials by and about Cumann na mBan, Máire Gill, Maud Gonne, Countess Constance Markievicz, Helena Molony, Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington, and Margaret Skinnider in the form of correspondence, photographs, meeting minutes, autograph books of female prisoners, and handbills. Of note are an embroidered...
Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 2, "Christmas", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents

Brindley, L.H. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 2, "Christmas", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Brindley, Louis H. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 6, "The Shepherd", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents

Bolton, Edmund (Poet). 2 copies.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 6, "The Shepherd", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Bolton, Edmund (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 9, "Christmas Hearth", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents

Letts, W.M. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 17, "Christmas Wish", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Sarr, Kenneth (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 21, "Shall we Dread", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 22
Scope and Contents

Tynan, Katharine (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 21, "Shall we Dread", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Tynan, Katharine (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 22, "A Christmas Toast", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 23
Scope and Contents

Tynan, Katharine (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 22, "Christmas Toast", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Tynan, Katharine (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 25, "Christians Awake", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Poem from a carol.

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 27, "Over the Snow", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Poem from a Norwegian carol.

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 28, "O Holy Babe", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents

"From the Irish".

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 28, "O Holy Babe", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents

Poem "from the Irish".

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 33, "December", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Brindly, L.H. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 36, "A Fragrant Prayer", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Hyde, Douglas (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 38, "Friendship of God", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Lane, Temple (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 39, "Glendalough", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Lawless, Emily (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 40, "Now Winter's Here", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Letts, W.M. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 41, "Friends", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Sinclair, Eleanor (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 42, "Sweet Courtesies", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Sterne, L. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 43, "The Plough", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Whittier, J.G. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 44, "Autumn Beauty", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Yeats, W.B. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Card No. 46, "First Winter Song", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

"From the Irish".

Access Note

Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.

Dates: between 1908-1968