#Back to Metuselah

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“You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.”

- George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah

Artwork: Lady Lavery as Kathleen Ní Houlihan - 1928 by Sir John Lavery which is the National Gallery of Ireland.

Interesting notes:

The artist's second wife, Hazel Lavery, modelled for the allegorical figure of Ireland he painted on commission from the Irish government, reproduced on Irish banknotes from 1928 until 1975 and then as a watermark until the introduction of the Euro in 2002.

More info about the artist here:

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/digital-book-collection/digital-books-by-subject/irish-people/shaw-sparrow-john-lavery-/