Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Paired Birds of the Celtic Border
Two long-tailed birds face one another within a semicircular field of flowers. Gonne’s interlaced ornament decorates Celtic Wonder Tales.
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Maud Gonne. "The Paired Birds of the Celtic Border" [editorial title]. In Celtic Wonder Tales, Retold by Ella Young; illustrated and decorated by Maud Gonne. Dublin: Maunsel and Company, 1910. Actual title visually inspected: retold by Ella Young; illustrated and decorated by Maud Gonne., 1910, Maunsel and Company. Source scan leaf 42. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0671-0042
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Maud Gonne. The Paired Birds of the Celtic Border. Celtic Wonder Tales. Scan leaf 42. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0671-0042