Irish Cottage Print | Josephine Joy | Irish Art

She sits in a sunlit garden, playing the harp — her dog at her feet, a child watching from the doorway. The setting is warm, lush, almost dreamlike. But Josephine Joy put that harp there for a reason.

It is the emblem of the Society of United Irishmen, founded in 1791 to resist British rule. Their motto: "It is new strung and shall be heard." Joy painted this between 1935 and 1938 — an American artist encoding Irish defiance into a garden full of light.

Painted in a vivid folk art style, every detail rewards a closer look. This is a print that holds its meaning long after it goes on the wall.

Sizes & Format

• 40 × 50 cm / 16 × 20″
• Available framed (black, white, wood) or unframed

Print & Frame Details

Archival matte paper, 250gsm (110lb), acid-free and FSC-certified — off-white, uncoated. Framed prints: solid oak or ash wood frame, 20mm thick, with shatterproof protective glazing. Ready to hang, hanging kit included. Unframed prints up to A4 ship flat; larger sizes ship rolled in a protective tube.

Free Worldwide Shipping

Framed prints are packed with protective corners and wrap, boxed with reinforced edges, and braced with internal supports for extra rigidity (max 3 frames per package). Every order ships free, made to order and delivered from the hub closest to you: Ireland 3–7 business days · UK 4–8 · USA 5–10 · Canada 6–12 · Australia 7–14.