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A Life Bridging Law, Literature, and Light: The World of John Butler Yeats John Butler Yeats, born in 1839 in the quiet Irish countryside of County Down, embarked on a path remarkably divergent from his initial training. Destined for the legal profession—and succeeding in qualifying as a barrister at Trinity College, Dublin—Yeats found himself inexorably drawn to the world of art. This wasn’t a sudden rebellion, but rather a slow unfo…
Scroll through John Butler Yeats's working life — artwork by artwork, chapter by chapter — from the earliest dated work to the last. Each thumbnail is pinned at its exact year on the gold axis.
The ribbon is divided into shaded bands, one per career chapter. Each chapter groups John Butler Yeats's works by their historical period — early training, mature practice, final years.
Every thumbnail is pinned at its precise creation year. A thin gold thread drops from the image to its exact point on the axis. Larger frames mark the artist's masterpieces by rank.
The gradient bar beneath the axis shifts colour as the dominant art movement changes over time — from the warm golds of the early period through the deeper tones of maturity. It fills progressively as you scroll.
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