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The Goblin Market, a poem by Christina Rossetti, 1862. Two sisters: one is tempted by the fruit at the goblin market & almost wastes away. The other saves her sibling in body & soul by resisting the goblins with their fruit, at all costs. Img: A. Rackham, 1933

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2021-03-18

Arthur Rackham, « Les Voyages de Gulliver », Swift, 1909 pour les couleurs

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2021-03-14

The Lady of the Lake is often represented as evil in medieval literature but in 'Le Morte d'Arthur' she has a very good reason to entrap Merlin under a rock. He has fallen in love with her and will not leave her alone.

🎨Rackham & Speed Lancelot

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2021-03-11

i have a book of faerie stories and i’m freaking out over this art by arthur rackham

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2021-03-11

Caught by Loki, the Dwarf Andvari cursed his hoard of gold rather than part with it: any who possessed it, and his gold-gathering ring, would be destroyed by their own avarice. The Dwaef Fafnir even turned into a dragon from the curse!

🖼: A. Rackham

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2021-03-08

“Be thou here again
Ere the leviathan can swim a league.”
Oberon, Act 2, Sc 1, AMND
Img: Arthur Rackham, 1908, detail.

A leviathan is a sea monster, originally referred to in the Hebrew bible. In Rackham’s time it was thought of as a dragon/crocodile hybrid.

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2021-03-04

Silver tongued and fire of hair, Loki is the great villain of Norse myth. Odin's blood brother, he causes and then solves most problems; but he cannot solve Balder's death, which he caused. For this he was imprisoned; for this he seeks revenge.

🖼: A. Rackham

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2021-03-02

FAIRIES BEHAVING BADLY Armed fae are seen warring with bats for their 'leathern wings', killing caterpillars as 'canker' & spearing a 'red hipped humble bee' in A Midsummer Night's Dream ills Arthur Rackham 1908. Hey fairies leave those bats & bees alone!

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2021-03-02

Some magical birds by Arthur Rackham for you all today (circa 1906-15). Somehow, with his fairy-tale eye, he made these feathered friends seem enchanted, unique, & wise all at the same time. ☺️🪶💕

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2021-02-23

Good morning, Skip! 🥰🙏
I have a tab open on LaptopMag, considering a Chromebook. Hmmm... 🤔🧐
Envy your tech knowledge and your students. Maybe next incarnation. . .
Happy Caturday! 🐈‍⬛😻🐈
Hope you have a superb, safe day. 💕

Cats by Arthur Rackham and Théophile Steinlen:

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2021-02-20

UNDINE A fairy-tale novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué. Undine, a water spirit, couples with a knight, in order to gain a soul.The first adaptation of was E. T. A. Hoffmann's opera in 1816. 🎨Undine beautifully illustrated by Arthur Rackham (1909)

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2021-02-20

In Le Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory Nimue has a very good reason to entrap Merlin. Merlin falls in love with her and will not leave her alone. The only way to get rid of his advances is by trapping him under a rock.

🎨Arthur Rackham & Burne-Jones

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2021-02-16

Arthur pulling the sword from the stone & Lancelot slaying a fire-breathing dragon. From the Romance of King Arthur, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1917

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2021-02-16

The Struldbrugs - 1939

Gulliver's Travels

Arthur Rackham

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2021-02-14

C'est le 5 février 1953 que Peter Pan de Walt Disney sort sur les écrans.

Une bonne occasion pour relire Peter Pan (dans les jardins de Kensington) de l'auteur écossais J. M. Barrie. Voici une édition avec les illustrations d'Arthur Rackham : https://t.co/dbxu7Ekb0F (Gallica).

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2021-02-06

The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin (1841). 3 brothers are tasked by a kingly dwarf to deliver 3 drops of holy water to create a river of gold. Only the good brother succeeds as he puts others’ needs above his own. Illust: Arthur Rackham 1932 edition.

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2021-02-04