• A flat, cubist painting of three figures. The left is green, the middle is blue and holds a baby, and the right pink and purple. They are made up of various shapes giving only the outline of people.
  • Two of the previous card standing upright, one from the front and one from the back. The front is the previously described painting. The back has a small version of the painting with its details.
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The Virgin of Eire Christmas Card Pack

The Virgin of Eire Christmas Card Pack

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National Gallery of Ireland's popular Christmas card range, all of which are based on images from the Gallery's collection. This 8 pack of cards Mainie Jellet's colourful Virgin of Éire.

 

Printed in Ireland, each card comes with a blank envelope and contains a bilingual Christmas greeting in English and as Gaeilge:

Beannachtaí na Nollag agus na hAthbhliana

With Best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year

 

Original Painting Information

Mainie Jellett, Irish, 1897-1944

The Virgin of Eire, 1940s

Oil on canvas, 64 x 92 cm

Bequeathed, 1978,

NGI.4319

 

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