Editing Jack B. Yeats (section)

==Early life==
Yeats was born in London, England. He was the youngest son of the Irish portraitist [[John Butler Yeats]] and the brother of [[W. B. Yeats]] (William Butler), who received the 1923 [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]. He grew up in [[Sligo]] with his maternal grandparents, before returning to his parents' home in London in 1887.<ref name=Comics/> Yeats attended the [[Chiswick School of Art]] with his sisters [[Elizabeth Yeats|Elizabeth]] and [[Lily Yeats|Susan]],<ref name="archiseek.com">[https://www.archiseek.com/2009/1881-chiswick-school-of-art-bedford-park-london/ 1881 – Chiswick School of Art, Bedford Park, London], Archiseek, 26 August 2009, accessed 11 August 2022</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=1881 – Chiswick School of Art, Bedford Park, London {{!}} Architecture @ Archiseek.com |url=https://www.archiseek.com/2009/1881-chiswick-school-of-art-bedford-park-london/ |website=www.archiseek.com |access-date=21 September 2024 |date=26 August 2009}}</ref> learning "Freehand drawing in all its branches, practical Geometry and perspective, pottery and tile painting, design for decorative purposes – as in Wall-papers, Furniture, Metalwork, Stained Glass".<ref name="archiseek.com"/>

[[File:Portrait of Jack B. Yeats .PNG|thumb|upright=0.8|''Portrait of Jack B. Yeats as a boy'' painted by [[John Butler Yeats]], c. 1883-1884<ref>"[http://onlinecollection.nationalgallery.ie/objects/1637/portrait-of-jack-b-yeats-18711957-as-a-boy Portrait of Jack B. Yeats (1871-1957) as a Boy]". National Gallery of Ireland. Retrieved 28 October 2024</ref>]]
Early in his career, Yeats worked as an illustrator for magazines like the ''[[Boy's Own Paper]]'' and ''Judy'', drew comic strips, including the [[Sherlock Holmes]] parody "Chubb-Lock Homes" for ''[[Comic Cuts]]'', and wrote articles for ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' under the pseudonym "W. Bird".<ref name=Comics>{{Cite web|url=http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/History/HistoryWhole.asp?PassedEra=Comics%202|title=History of British Comics: 1890 - 1899 (Early Comics) Part 2|access-date=6 November 2010|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809062557/https://www.comicsuk.co.uk/History/HistoryWhole.asp?PassedEra=Comics%202|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/y/yeats_jack.htm|title=Jack Yeats|website=lambiek.net}}</ref> In 1894 he married Mary Cottenham White, a fellow student,<ref name="ngi1">"[https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/highlights-collection/liffey-swim-jack-b-yeats/jack-b-yeats-1871-1957 Jack B. Yeats (1871–1957)]". [[National Gallery of Ireland]]. Retrieved 25 October 20024</ref> also a native of England and two years his senior. At the [[Census of Ireland, 1911|1911 Census]] they lived in [[Greystones]] in [[County Wicklow]].<ref name="census1911"/>