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Glenavy, Beatrice Moss Campbell, Baroness, 1883-1970

 Person

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

 Item — Box 16, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Letts, W.M. (Poet).

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968

Print No. 41, "Within a Little Field", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 3, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Gibbon, Monk (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Print No. 44, "The Nursery Song", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 4, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

Mitchell, Susan L. (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Print No. 45, "St. Patrick", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 73
Scope and Contents

Irish Hymn attributed to St. Patrick, translated by Cecil Frances Alexander. Includes just the first stanza of "St. Patrick's Breastplate".

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Print No. 46, "The Breastplate of St. Patrick", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 74
Scope and Contents

Irish Hymn attributed to St. Patrick, translated by Cecil Frances Alexander. This print is a two-page pamphlet. 3 copies.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968

Print No. 46, "The Breastplate of St. Patrick", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

"Irish Hymn" translated by Cecil Frances Alexander.

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968

Print No. 103, "Connemara", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968

Unidentified ("For so He giveth His Beloved sleep. Psalm CXXVII.2"), between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968