Description
Gouache painting and drawing with a dip pen on paper.
Unframed.
Measuring 13.5 cm x 18.5 cm/ 5.3 in x 7.25 in
Blackbird of Belfast
Blackbird of Belfast
£45.00
A blackbird sits in a gorse bush accompanied by the words of the Early Irish Poem, “The Blackbird of Belfast Lough” drawn in a modern Irish font.
Int én bec ro léc feit do rinn guip glan buidi
fo-ceird faíd ós Loch Laíg lon do chraíb charnbuidi
Which translates to:
the little bird that whistled shrill from the nib of its yellow bill
a note let go o’er Belfast Lough— a blackbird from a yellow whin
(Translated by Ciaran Carson)
Gouache painting and drawing with a dip pen on paper.
