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This vintage (1960) book cover illustrates the life of Sinbad, who was known for his many adventures on the high seas, and his harrowing meetings with huge birds, giants, gargantuan whales, and magical horses.

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Peter Pan by Marjorie Torrey (1899 - 1964, American)

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by Charles Folkard from ‘Jolly Calle and Other Swedish Fairy Tales’, pub. 1912

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Red Riding Hood llustration c.1812 by Alexander Davis Cooper (1830-1888, British),

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The Romance of King Arthur~Arthur Rackham, illu.1917🌹

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Come unto These Yellow Sands (1842) by Richard Dadd (England, 1817-1886). Interestingly, an 1878 census lists Dadd as both an 'artist' and a 'lunatic'.

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'And as the breeze became a wind, it roared and with it came the flames...' - https://t.co/abRTiNRoNy



Art: Jennifer Walton

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2019-08-06

A gorgeous painting of a gryphon by Erin Kelso (whose concept is generally incredible).

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On this what’s the first story you can remember being told as a child and why did it stick in your mind?

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"My arm is nothing weak, my strength is not gone by"

William Heath Robinson for a Rudyard Kipling poem "England's Answer".

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2019-07-30

A for "Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp", by Thomas Blakeley MacKenzie (1887 - 1944)

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Illustrations (1905) by Edward Tiger De Closay (1859-1928), that follow the tradition of giving fairies butterfly wings. De Closay was a postcard illustrator & commercial artist, born in Mauritius, trained in Paris who emigrated to Australia in 1900

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Our Sleeping Beauty episode explores the disturbing classic fairy tale & how it's evolved over the centuries. We cover themes dealing with sexual agency, prophecy, & the intersection of beauty & horror. Listen: https://t.co/IwkgVXjlyJ

Image: Edward Burne-Jones

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Its a wonder what modern digital art can do with regard to :)



Art: an artist known only as Benjamin (as far as I can tell...)

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2019-07-30

Come wander the fairy realm with me in search of fairy steeds! 🦄🐎#FairyTaleTuesday

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2019-07-24

'There was, once upon a time, a garden.  It had the loveliest flowers, born of a time when the air was sweeter, the rain purer, and the magic deeper...' - The Caretaker for :)

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Art: Nikol Greplova

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2019-07-23

FUSELI'S PUCK (c.1790) has bat wings rather than butterfly wings; his enchantments are far from innocent. The other fairies flee in this image where he is full of movement. He boasts he can 'put a girdle round the earth in forty minutes' (MSND)

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Yuri Fateev's illustrations for The Russian Fairy Tales Book (1987)

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