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Cicely M Barker was an epileptic as a child. The daughter of a seed supplier for plants. She was the creator of the flower fairies. She painted instinctively, she claimed, rather than through education.
Winslow Homer was the oil painter of the women of Cullercoats and beyond in late Victorian times . Incredibly prolific. Very good at wind. And tackle @heathertweed #faustianfriday https://t.co/HRdgqlBOy5
The life for ordinary people working in the fishing industries was far from Romantic but it was a good living. Cold, salting, cutting, gutting the herring. My husband's families were these actual women, photographed for tourism, painted working for the lifeboats. #FaustianFriday
Mermaids were a feature of Victorian advertising, advertising hair products and enticing gentlemen to leave everyday life and enjoy themselves. #faustianfriday
The oldest modern dragon! In MS Harley 3244 in 1260AD - @blogtolkien let's talk European dragonlore and Tolkien for @WyrdWednesday
Medieval dragons - the serpens or wyrm , identified with Satan, in its underground lair, guarded gold - symbolic of inner moral demons such as greed. But I rather like them.@WyrdWednesday
@VolcanoJenni this is my Mefiti volcano goddess - from Italy for a picture book I'm working on. In Italiano, spero. Imprarando. Etc. More volcano lore to share. #volcanology #folklorethursday #mythology @BlogTolkien
Stephen Reid was a Scottish illustrator who illustrated Eleanor Hull's The Boys' Cúchullain (1904). An excellent team in my opinion to share the tales of Cúchullain anew. But always felt sorry for the real Cúchullain (the dog) #FairyTaleTuesday
#WorldBookDay2021 Sharing John Burningham's illustrations for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ian Fleming) to celebrate.