1. Elizabeth Yeats worked as an art teacher and published several books on art, and was a founder of Dun Emer Press which published several works by her brother W B Yeats.
17 Facts About Elizabeth Yeats
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Elizabeth Yeats was the first commercial printer in Ireland to work exclusively with hand presses.
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Elizabeth Corbet Yeats was born at 23 Fitzroy Road, London.
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Elizabeth Yeats was the daughter of the Irish artist John Butler Yeats and Susan Yeats.
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Elizabeth Yeats's governess was Martha Jowitt from 1876 until 1879 before the family moved to Bedford Park, Chiswick, in 1878.
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Elizabeth Yeats enrolled, with her sister Susan, in the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art in 1883 and took classes at the Royal Dublin Society.
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Elizabeth Yeats attended the Chiswick School of Art with her sister Susan and brother Jack Butler Elizabeth Yeats, learning "Freehand drawing in all its branches, practical Geometry and perspective, pottery and tile painting, design for decorative purposes".
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Elizabeth Yeats undertook her teaching practice at the Bedford Park High School.
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Elizabeth Yeats trained and worked as an art teacher and was a member of William Morris's circle in London before her family returned to Dublin in 1900.
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Elizabeth Yeats wrote and created the artwork for Elementary Brush-Work Studies, an educational book that teaches young children the technique of painting flowers and plants using her simple method.
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At the suggestion of Emery Walker, who worked with Morris on the Kelmscott Press, Elizabeth Yeats studied printing with the Women's Printing Society in London.
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In 1903, Yeats started printing and Dun Emer's first book was W B Yeats's In the seven woods.
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Elizabeth Yeats had several disagreements with her brother William over his directions as literary editor.
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Elizabeth Yeats managed the press while her sister Lily controlled the embroidery section.
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Elizabeth Yeats was the first commercial printer in Ireland to work exclusively with hand presses.
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Elizabeth Yeats worked with Cuala Press until short of her death on 16 January 1940 after a diagnosis of high blood pressure and heart trouble.
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Elizabeth Yeats's death was reported in the United States a month later.