The Harp of Erin 1867 Irish Celtic Mythology Heritage and Pride Long Sleeve T-Shirt

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This is a restored copy of The Harp of Erin, an 1867 oil on canvas by American Victorian painter Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822-1872.
This painting depicts Erin, or Eriu, the ancient mythological matron goddess of Ireland chained to a rock in the midst of a stormy sea as she plays the ancient Irish - Celtic harp; all symbolizing the tumultuous history of Ireland. The Irish - Celtic harp is an Irish tradition dating back more than 1000 years.
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I have been a visual artist since the 1960s. I'm originally from Orange County, New York, located in the Metro New York City region where I was raised on the working dairy farm [Ogden Farm] which my family founded in 1832. As a young man I spent many long hours working in gardens, crop fields, pastures and in barns with livestock. I grew up surrounded by antiques. I graduated from Bucknell University where I majored in art which included a semester in Florence studying Italian Renaissance art. After Bucknell I studied at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. I have lived throughout the U.S. [including three years in Sante Fe, New Mexico], in the Caribbean and in Mexico and Central America. I now reside in the 19th century...