Heres the Hindu version of “The Chieftains” with Paddy Ganesh Moloney at the end.
Heres another Uilleann piper image, just right for Halloween.
RORY
Another recent auction acquisition. Nice old engraving of a union piper playing to a family. I’m guessing it’s a late 19th or early 20th century print.
Brian Vallely informs me that the engraving is based on a famous painting - The Irish Piper (1847) by Frederick Goodall - that is currently hanging in a museum in Armagh, on loan from the National Gallery in London. I’ll look forward to viewing the original when I am at the Kennedy Festival in November.
An image of the original Goodall paining kindly provided to me by Brian.
I love the editorial interventions the engraver has made there. Very telling.
Martin Driscol passed some years ago. He painted many of his paintings on a commission basis, based on photos that people provided him to paint. He had a reputation of painting traditional irish scenes and did that very well. So, most certainly that became his specialty because of such demand.
Photobucket are really taking the piss !
RORY
I wish I spoke Irish…
Photobucket are really taking the piss !
In plain words, what does this mean?
In this case not Irish, but cockney rhyming slang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taking_the_piss
RORY
I took the etching in to be reframed today, and after taking it out of the crumbling old frame we found some interesting information that was previously hidden, including a date (1857) and a title (‘The Piper’). Perhaps most interesting though is the name of the artist who produced the etching, Edward Goodall (1795-1870). Edward was the father of Frederick Goodall, the painter of the original painting, ‘The Irish Piper’ on which the etching is based.
Another old etching I picked up recently. This one is of a pastoral piper, and dates to 1881. The etching was done by French artist Adolphe Lalauze, and is based on an original painting by Scottish painter Erskine Nichol.
The first photo below is the print as removed from the old frame earlier today. You can see the additional artist information that was obscured in the original frame, shown in the second photo.
There is some damage but it should come out very nicely when remounted and framed.
That indeed is a very interesting and enjoyable find. Enjoyable in that it seems less contrived as a picture of ‘life’ some how, than other more recent images of pictures from antiquity… that is less contrived. Definitely one I haven’t seen before.
Well done you for finding it, and putting it up here.
Thank you.
Pwrt
Definitely one I haven’t seen before
It’s widest circulation is probably it’s use on the back of Pat McNulty’s book of his own compositions, ‘The piper’s dream’.
Thank you, Mr. Gumby. That dredged up a mossy old memory. The third chanter I ever saw, in 1978, was a McNulty, of Glasgow, complete with keywork and windcap made of aircraft grade ‘aluminium’. 
Bob
Another exciting recent auction acquisition of mine. A 19th century oil painting attributed to the English painter Edward Robert Smythe (1810-1899).
If there is interest I will get prints made again to sell to benefit the South Wales Uilleann Pipers.
Rick
There will be disappointment of sorts at NPU. I know they were hoping to get that one
Just collected the painting this afternoon. It’s a beautiful piece. Colours are more vibrant than in the photos.
Actually NPU was very supportive of my acquiring it for my collection, and I’m very grateful for their friendship. This painting along with the rest of my collection will be donated to the club eventually, so I am just a temporary custodian of these lovely things.
Rick