Ioanna Papadopoulouさんのイラストまとめ

The Queen Who Came to Town by Dulcima Glasby, illustrated by Marjorie Miller, 1924.

“The Great Bear” 1933, published in the special Christmas edition of The Sketch.

Benjy and the Nightmare by Alice Bolingbroke Woodward, 1932

#FaustianFriday

Two Owls by Gustave Dore, 1870
#OwlishMonday

The devilfish in Egyptian waters, cartoon, Punch, 1888

Recently, I am fascinated with political/satirical #art and also astonished at the recurrence of🐙 as visual tools for it.
This #painting shows John Bull, the personification of the 🇬🇧, spreading over.

#FolkloreThursday

The Brown Bear, an educational illustration by Josiah Wood Whymper, 1843

In Greece, the bear is connected with St Andrew. The night before his celebration day, women leave food in a basket and chant a prayer to help the soil grow fertile.
#FairyTaleTuesday

@woolbotherer @jorunn That's Inthonk the characters @jorunn refered to. Theybare from Children of the forest.

Woodland Scene by unknown artist, purchased 1926

I like this #painting primarily because if you zoom on the figures at the back, they are the same figures as the one at the front, making it a bit more like some church murals which show 2 scenes in one 🖼️.
#dontgointothewoods

A Rehearsal in Fairy Land, illustration from 'In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World' by William Allingham and Andrew Lang by Richard Doyle

#FairyTaleTuesday