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Washington Irving’s 1819 story, “Rip Van Winkle,” (set in pre-Revolutionary NY state) foretells much about modern nationalism —it’s full of wisdom about life, too. Note the pub’s name change. Here is Rackham’s take on this famous tale. ☺️
#FairytaleTuesday @EnchantedEzine
I’m currently researching Beatrix Potter’s “The Tailor of Gloucester” —a story she loved & set in the 18th cen. Here is some of her art for it. I love how she paints the village & tailor so softly. Can you spot the mouse hidden in one of the images? ☺️📚
I hope you’re all treating yourselves after a long week. Here are some more beautiful, weekend-esque illustrations, by Inga Moore, from The Wind in the Willows. Enjoy yourselves, my friends. ☺️💕🐛
Some Victorian fairy fun for your Friday. Amelia Jane Murray’s eye for tiny things & magical, folkloric fairy worlds was enchanting. ☺️#FairyFriday
Many of you loved @PJLynchArt’s work the other night. So here is more of his enchanting art that conjures imaginary & magical worlds. ☺️💫
I think we could all use some of Beatrix Potter’s genius for coziness tonight? I love the details of her Edwardian, enchanted world. Have a snug evening, my friends. ☺️💕✨
Flower lore fascinated both Shakespeare & the Victorian artist, Walter Crane. Here are some of Crane’s works from his enchanting book on the flowers of Shakespeare.🌷#FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs
I always loved John Waterhouse for loving the Bard’s smart, female characters: Miranda, Ophelia, Cleopatra, & Juliet. He didn’t drown them in Elizabethan fashion either, but painted them in a Victorian alchemy of bohemian beauty, & assured selfhood. ☺️❤️ #ShakespeareSunday
The flight & fancy of fairy movement intrigued Ida R. Outhwaite. In her works & books she found such creative ways to re-imagine tiny, fairy worlds. 💫#FairyFriday #fairytransport
I love these storytelling scenes: SJ Guy’s “The Story of Golden Locks” c. 1870, & the original frontispieces for the British editions of the Grimms’ fairy tales, c. 1820s, & illustrated by the great George Cruikshank. I love the coziness. ☺️📚💫 #FolkloreThursday @FolkloreThurs