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Roberts, Hilda, 1901-1982

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 1901 - 1982

Biographical Note

Hilda Roberts (1901-1982), Irish portrait artist, was born in Dublin on 12 March 1901 to Samuel and Elizabeth (Jackson) Roberts. She studied at the Metropolital School of Art, London Polytechnic, and the Grande Chaumiere Studio in Paris. She worked as an illustrator but was better konwn for her portraits. In 1932, she married Arnold Marsh. That same year she participated in the art competition of the Summer Olympics and won an Aonach Tailteann Exhibition Prize. She exhibited at the Royal Hibernian Academy and the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in the 1940s and 1950s. She died on 18 June 1982.

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Card No. 114, "Earth, "this Child", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 48
Scope and Contents

Gibbon, Monk (Poet).

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Anthony Mourek collection of Irish culture and history / Yeats family presses / Cuala Industries, Ltd. and Cuala Press

Card No. 114, "Earth, this Child", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

Gibbon, Monk (Poet).

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland / Cuala Industries / Cards

Card No. 115, "College Green", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 49
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Hand-colored cards and prints produced by Cuala Press in Dublin, Ireland. Also includes some promotional materials and correspondence of the women who ran the press, first Elizabeth C. Yeats (1908-1940) and later Georgie Yeats (Mrs. W.B. Yeats, 1940-1946). Though less present in the correspondence, some materials were also sourced from Molly Gill, the Press's principal compositor, who continued to produce the press's cards and prints until 1968. Also contains a small amount of promotional...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Anthony Mourek collection of Irish culture and history / Yeats family presses / Cuala Industries, Ltd. and Cuala Press

Card No. 115, "College Green", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

2 cards, 1 uncolored.

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland / Cuala Industries / Cards

Card No. 123, "Four Courts", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 52
Scope and Contents

2 copies.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Anthony Mourek collection of Irish culture and history / Yeats family presses / Cuala Industries, Ltd. and Cuala Press

Card No. 123, "Four Courts", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

2 cards.

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland / Cuala Industries / Cards

Card No. 124, "The Custom House", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 53
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Hand-colored cards and prints produced by Cuala Press in Dublin, Ireland. Also includes some promotional materials and correspondence of the women who ran the press, first Elizabeth C. Yeats (1908-1940) and later Georgie Yeats (Mrs. W.B. Yeats, 1940-1946). Though less present in the correspondence, some materials were also sourced from Molly Gill, the Press's principal compositor, who continued to produce the press's cards and prints until 1968. Also contains a small amount of promotional...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Anthony Mourek collection of Irish culture and history / Yeats family presses / Cuala Industries, Ltd. and Cuala Press

Card No. 124, "The Customs House", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

2 cards.

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland / Cuala Industries / Cards

Card No. 125, "O'Connell Street", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 2, Folder: 54
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Hand-colored cards and prints produced by Cuala Press in Dublin, Ireland. Also includes some promotional materials and correspondence of the women who ran the press, first Elizabeth C. Yeats (1908-1940) and later Georgie Yeats (Mrs. W.B. Yeats, 1940-1946). Though less present in the correspondence, some materials were also sourced from Molly Gill, the Press's principal compositor, who continued to produce the press's cards and prints until 1968. Also contains a small amount of promotional...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Anthony Mourek collection of Irish culture and history / Yeats family presses / Cuala Industries, Ltd. and Cuala Press

Card No. 125, "O’Connell Street", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

2 cards.

Access Note

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

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland / Cuala Industries / Cards

Print No. 105, "College Green", between 1908-1968

 File — Box 3, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Hand-colored cards and prints produced by Cuala Press in Dublin, Ireland. Also includes some promotional materials and correspondence of the women who ran the press, first Elizabeth C. Yeats (1908-1940) and later Georgie Yeats (Mrs. W.B. Yeats, 1940-1946). Though less present in the correspondence, some materials were also sourced from Molly Gill, the Press's principal compositor, who continued to produce the press's cards and prints until 1968. Also contains a small amount of promotional...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: between 1908-1968
Found in: / Anthony Mourek collection of Irish culture and history / Yeats family presses / Cuala Industries, Ltd. and Cuala Press

Print No. 105, "College Green", between 1908-1968

 Item — Box 16, Folder: 4
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
Found in: / Loretta Clarke Murray collection of women in revolutionary Ireland / Cuala Industries / Prints

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