HOPE by Anthony Burrill, Limited Edition

In late 2025, the National Print Museum invited internationally acclaimed graphic artist Anthony Burrill to collaborate for Irish Design Week. This partnership celebrates the power of print as a tool for creativity, communication, and social impact.

Burrill visited the Museum to explore its working collection and collaborate with the Museum’s printers to create a new letterpress print, ‘HOPE’. He set the type with graphic artist Mary Plunkett, primarily using large wooden type from the Museum’s collection, and then worked with the Museum’s printers Freddie Snowe and John King to print on the historic Wharfedale Stop Cylinder Press, the type of press used to print the 1916 Proclamation.

‘We need to be reminded of the positive power of hope as the world goes through difficult times, and this print aims to capture that enduring spirit.’ – Anthony Burrill

The work is printed letterpress on a 200gsm recycled Shiro Echo paper (51 x 76cm) in a limited edition of 100. Each print is signed, numbered and hand embellished by the artist. One of ten different quotes is handwritten on each print by the artist. An unsigned open edition will follow, printed on a 120gsm Shiro Echo paper.

Watch the short film by Mark Henderson.

Supported by Irish Design Week | Design & Crafts Council Ireland.

This print is sold unframed. The National Print Museum has secured a special discount on framing with Phoenix Framers. Details will be supplied with your confirmation email.