Came shining through the Dusk an Angel Shape, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam https://t.co/wikLqcRSIo

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This is the kind of cave-fleeing that leads directly to being turned into a mermaid. I can feel it.


by Edmund Dulac

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The Mermaid Wife is a story from the Shetland islands about a man who stumbled upon a group of merfolk. When they saw the man approach, they threw on their clothes & transformed into seal-like creatures. But, the man was able to grab one outfit!
🖼️ Edmund Dulac

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That Spring Should Vanish with the Rose, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam https://t.co/ONKmIwR9Jm

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La pincelada decidida, enérgica, expresiva y el uso de colores vivos nos puede hacer pensar en la influencia de Van Gogh en el estilo de Emrich. Veréis que una sobre otra, las pinceladas crean la sensación de agua, con sus ondulaciones y los reflejos de la luz sobre la piel.

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Venus in her airy chariot, Edmund Dulac.

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Princess and the Pea (The Real Princess), illustration to the Princess and the Pea https://t.co/vP1Y2wbpbF

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'A room is, after all, a place where you hide from the wolves. That's all any room is.'
-Jean Rhys

🎨Edmund Dulac

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Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
    It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore—
Clasp a rare & radiant maiden…”

Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”
–Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven.
🖼Edmund Dulac

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Cinderella - from the Picture Book for the Red Cross https://t.co/NUuigF4Ooz

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The Eastwind flew faster still (from The Garden of Paradise) https://t.co/n3e5ObJr2R

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Princess Orchid's Party - illustration to Fairies I Have Met https://t.co/WN1EKTCXJs

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'If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.'
- Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Art by Edmund Dulac

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The Pearl of the Warrior, from The Kingdom of the Pearl https://t.co/wUIAhOcHea

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The Beast's Castle - from Beauty and the Beast https://t.co/Bsm48N063C

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