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 No. 136, "Glencree", between 1908-1968
Greeting cards, most hand-colored. Includes a complete run of the 153 numbered cards cataloged in the Cuala Press "Christmas Card List" (printed approximately 1950 according to Trinity College Dublin). The unnumbered cards include Christmas, Easter, and non-holiday cards. For many cards there is more than one copy, and the hand-coloring is unique on each. Some uncolored cards are also included, where noted.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 138, "Cashel", between 1908-1968
Meyler, O. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Card No. 138, "Cashel", between 1908-1968
O’Mey (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Card No. 147, "Sing and Dance", between 1908-1968
Stephens, James (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Embroidery of the Abbey Theatre, silk on linen, approximately 1930
Artworks, correspondence, and ephemera related to siblings Elizabeth Corbet, Jack B., Lily, and W.B. Yeats, as well as one letter written by their father, John Butler, and a printing plate by W.B.'s daughter Anne. The bulk of the material concerns Jack B. Yeats.
Collection is open for research.
Eulalia Beatrice Berridge ("Ex Libris"), between 1908-1968
2 copies.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
"In each gold flower…", between 1908-1968
Lane, Temple (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print, "May the Road Rise With You", between 1969-1979
Poet unidentified.
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 47, "Dublin Bay, From Ticknock", between 1908-1968
No Poem
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 47, "Dublin Bay from Ticknock", between 1908-1968
Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 48, "Glendalough", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 48, "Glendalough", between 1908-1968
Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 49, "Barnacullia", between 1908-1968
Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 50, "Autumn Beauty", between 1908-1968
Yeats, W.B. (Poet). 2 prints, 1 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 51, "Be glad of life!", between 1908-1968
Van Dyke, Henry (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 51, "Be Glad of Life", between 1908-1968
Van Dyke, Henry (Poet). Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 52, "Health Is the Greatest Gift", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 52, "Health is the Greatest Gift", between 1908-1968
"Indian Proverb". 2 prints, 1 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 60, "Let Us Sing and Dance", between 1908-1968
James Stephens, James (Poet). 2 prints, 1 uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 61, "Weather-Wise", between 1908-1968
"Old Rhyme".
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 61, "Weather-Wise", between 1908-1968
"Old Rhyme". 2 prints.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 62, "A Blessing", between 1908-1968
Young, M.A. (Poet). Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 63, "Road Rise", between 1908-1968
"Irish Wish".
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 110, "Christmas Hearth", between 1908-1968
Letts, W.M. (Poet). Uncolored.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 112, "Slievemore, Achill", between 1908-1968
Collection is open for research.