Glenavy, Beatrice Moss Campbell, Baroness, 1883-1970
Dates
- Existence: 1883 - 1970
Biographical Note
Beatrice Moss Campbell (Lady Glenavy) (1883–1970), painter, sculptor, and stained-glass artist, was born 30 April 1883 in Dublin to William and Theresa (Moss) Elvery. She studied at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. In 1912, she married the barrister Charles Campbell, later the second Baron Glenavy. She was active in Dublin's arts and crafts movement and exhibited throughout her life at the Royal Hibernian Academy. She designed stained glass for Sarah Purser's studio, An Túr Gloine, and calendars, cards and prints for the Yeats family's Cuala Press. She published a memoir, And Today We Will Only Gossip, in 1964. She died 21 May 1970 in Dublin.
Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier
Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:
Print No. 39, "Prayer for a Little Child", between 1908-1968
Letts, W.M. (Poet).
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 41, "Within a Little Field", between 1908-1968
Gibbon, Monk (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 44, "The Nursery Song", between 1908-1968
Mitchell, Susan L. (Poet).
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 45, "St. Patrick", between 1908-1968
Irish Hymn attributed to St. Patrick, translated by Cecil Frances Alexander. Includes just the first stanza of "St. Patrick's Breastplate".
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 46, "The Breastplate of St. Patrick", between 1908-1968
Irish Hymn attributed to St. Patrick, translated by Cecil Frances Alexander. This print is a two-page pamphlet. 3 copies.
Collection is open for research.
Print No. 46, "The Breastplate of St. Patrick", between 1908-1968
"Irish Hymn" translated by Cecil Frances Alexander.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Print No. 103, "Connemara", between 1908-1968
Prints, as listed in Cuala Industries' "List of Hand-printed and Hand-coloured Prints with Words, also Poems with Initial Letters, All Suitable for Framing". Unlike the cards, print numbers are not indicated on the prints themselves; the numbers, titles, artists, and poets are taken from Cuala's list. (See the "printing lists" file.) Some prints are uncolored, as noted.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.
Unidentified ("For so He giveth His Beloved sleep. Psalm CXXVII.2"), between 1908-1968
Bookplates, most produced by Cuala Press, but at least one from Dun Emer Press. They are uncolored unless otherwise noted. Names are presented in the form they are written on the bookplates.
Collection is open for research; portions of the collection available digitally.