Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Children of Lir in Flight
Four pale swans fly past a dark cliff above still water. Gonne’s illustration accompanies the sorrowful story of the Children of Lir.
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Maud Gonne. "The Children of Lir in Flight" [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 166. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0671-0166
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Maud Gonne. The Children of Lir in Flight. Celtic Wonder Tales. Scan leaf 166. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0671-0166