Home / Gallery Gallery 76 photographs, portraits and pictures, all in the public domain or openly licensed, each credited to its maker. Many of the portraits are by his father, the painter John Butler Yeats.
W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats by George Charles Beresford (1911) George Charles Beresford, 1911. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats, Bain News Service (before 1920) Bain News Service (George Grantham Bain), before 1920. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by Alice Boughton (1903) Alice Boughton, 1903. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by Elliott & Fry (published 1903) Elliott & Fry (studio), published 1903. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats standing, Dublin, Agence Rol (1922) Agence Rol, 1922. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. and George Yeats, Agence Rol (1923) Agence Rol, 1923. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats, Underwood & Underwood, Literary Digest (1923) Underwood & Underwood, 1923. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by Pirie MacDonald (1933) Pirie MacDonald, 1933. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by Eva Watson-Schütze (1910) Eva Watson-Schütze, 1910. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. and George Yeats with Walter de la Mare, by Lady Ottoline Morrell Lady Ottoline Morrell, c. 1920s. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by John Butler Yeats (1900), National Gallery of Ireland John Butler Yeats, 1900. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats, pen-and-ink sketch by John Butler Yeats (1886) John Butler Yeats, 1886. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by John Butler Yeats (c. 1886), photographed by Sailko John Butler Yeats (painting); Sailko (photograph), c. 1886. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by John Singer Sargent (1908) John Singer Sargent, 1908. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by William Rothenstein (1898) William Rothenstein, 1898. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons W. B. Yeats by Sarah Purser (1898) Sarah Purser, 1898. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Caricature of W. B. Yeats by W. T. Horton (1898) William Thomas Horton, 1898. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Bust of W. B. Yeats by Albert Power (1918) Albert Power (sculpture); Daderot (photograph), 1918. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Yeats's Nobel Prize medal (1923), National Library of Ireland Sailko, photographed 2020. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons Signature of W. B. Yeats W. B. Yeats. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Books and the Abbey Theatre The Secret Rose (1897), cover by Althea Gyles Althea Gyles, 1897. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons The Tower (1928), cover by Thomas Sturge Moore Thomas Sturge Moore, 1928. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons In the Seven Woods (Dun Emer Press, 1903) W. B. Yeats; Dun Emer Press, 1903. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons 'The Path to the Moon' from W. T. Horton's A Book of Images (1898) William Thomas Horton, 1898. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Poster for the opening of the Abbey Theatre (December 1904) Unknown (Irish National Theatre Society), 1904. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Abbey Theatre logo: Queen Maeve and wolfhound, by Elinor Monsell (1904) Elinor Monsell (later Darwin), 1904. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Places Drumcliffe church and Ben Bulben (panorama) Sonse, 2018. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Yeats's grave, Drumcliffe Sonse, 2018. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Yeats's headstone, Drumcliffe אביהו (Hebrew Wikipedia user), 2005. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Drumcliffe high cross with Ben Bulben Patrice78500, 2006. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Ben Bulben from Drumcliffe Sonse, 2018. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Ben Bulben BigBear_Martin, 2000. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons The Lake Isle of Innisfree, Lough Gill Jay Sturner, 2009. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Innisfree, Lough Gill (2013) Robin Pollard, 2013. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons Lough Gill, photochrom (1890s) Detroit Publishing Co. / Photoglob (publisher), 1890-1900. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Sunset over Lough Gill from Parke's Castle Jellyfish2023, 2019. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Hazelwood, Lough Gill (c. 1890) Lawrence Collection (probably Robert French), c. 1890. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Hazelwood House, Sligo (Lawrence Collection) Robert French, 1865-1914. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Glencar waterfall, photochrom (1890s) Detroit Publishing Co. / Photoglob (publisher), 1890-1900. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Glencar waterfall with rainbow August Schwerdfeger, 2018. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons Knocknarea BigBear_Martin, 1999. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Rosses Point Miguel Mendez, 2022. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Castle Street, Sligo (c. 1910) Robert French, c. 1910. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Yeats statue by Rowan Gillespie, Sligo Rowan Gillespie, before 2008. CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons The Autograph Tree, Coole Park Thpohl, 2005. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Abbey Theatre, Abbey Street (the 1966 building) Marie-Lan Nguyen, 2010. CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons 23 Fitzroy Road, Primrose Hill Anosmia (Flickr), 1994. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Woburn Walk, Bloomsbury DncnH (Flickr), 2009. CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons Broad Street, Oxford (2025) Honcques Laus, 2025. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons The people in his life George Yeats (crop from Morrell snapshot) Lady Ottoline Morrell, c. 1920s. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Maud Gonne by James E. Purdy (c. 1900) James E. Purdy, c. 1900. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Maud Gonne by Sarah Purser (1898) Sarah Purser, 1898. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Lady Gregory by John Butler Yeats (1903) John Butler Yeats, 1903. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Lady Gregory, Bain News Service (1910) Bain News Service (George Grantham Bain), 1910. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Olivia Shakespear by H. S. Mendelssohn (1897) Hayman Seleg Mendelssohn, 1897. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons John Butler Yeats, self-portrait (1921) John Butler Yeats, 1921. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons John Butler Yeats by Alice Boughton Alice Boughton, 1900-1920. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Jack B. Yeats by Alice Boughton (1904) Alice Boughton, 1904. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Lily Yeats by John Butler Yeats (1901) John Butler Yeats, 1901. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Lolly Yeats by John Butler Yeats (1887) John Butler Yeats, 1887. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Susan Pollexfen Yeats by John Butler Yeats (1875) John Butler Yeats, 1875. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Constance Markievicz, Agence Rol (1916) Agence Rol, 1916. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Constance Markievicz in uniform (c. 1915) Keogh Photographic Collection (NLI KE 82), c. 1915. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons John O'Leary by John Butler Yeats (1904) John Butler Yeats, 1904. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons J. M. Synge by John Butler Yeats (1905) John Butler Yeats, 1905. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Ezra Pound, drawing by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, before 1915. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Hugh Lane by John Butler Yeats (1905) John Butler Yeats, 1905. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons John MacBride by James E. Purdy (1901) James E. Purdy, 1901. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Arthur Symons by Elliott & Fry Elliott & Fry (studio), no later than 1904. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Ernest Dowson by William Rothenstein William Rothenstein, 1890s. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Oliver St John Gogarty by William Orpen (1911) William Orpen, 1911. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Kevin O'Higgins by John Lavery (1923) John Lavery, 1923. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons George Russell (AE) by John Butler Yeats (1903) John Butler Yeats, 1903. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Edward Martyn by John Butler Yeats (1899) John Butler Yeats, 1899. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons Thomas Sturge Moore by George Charles Beresford (1903) George Charles Beresford, 1903. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons John Quinn by John Butler Yeats (1908) John Butler Yeats, 1908. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons 
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