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Painting by British artist Edward Reginald Frampton (1870-1923) who also worked in stained glass. #ArtNouveau
Night-blooming Cereus by Robert John Thornton (1807), a cactus that blooms once a year. The 'Night Blooming Cereus Club' of 1930s Jackson, Mississippi would gather in author Eudora Welty's moon garden to watch the annual blossoming of the 'Queen of the Night'.
Miss Claire, the Queen of the Cats!
(or so she thinks...)
#delusionsofgrandeur #caturday
For #FolkloreThursday & #NationalStorytellingWeek, my favourite fairytale in childhood: A mystery about a dozen princesses who sneak out every night to dance their shoes to bits (Illustrations: Errol Le Cain)
The epitome of #winter fairytales: "The Snow Queen". Boris Diodorov (b. 1934, Moscow) received the 2001 Grand Prix of Hans Christian Andersen for these illustrations and was named 'Ambassador of Andersen in Russia' (2005). #folklorethursday
Strange reflections-- "Cinderella" #illustration: Errol Le Cain (1941 - 1989) #fairytales
Taking the auspices... Fantastic Menagerie Tarot based on drawings by French caricaturist J.J. Grandville (1803 - 1847) #FolkloreThursday
Fairies by conjuror turned illustrator Charles James Folkard (1878-1963) #FolkloreThursday
Gustave Doré (1832-1888) French literary illustrator whose works include illustrations for Charles Perrault’s Fairy Tales #FolkloreThursday