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Rainbow Goddess Iris, by Arthur Rackham, 1921.

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Arthur Rackham's illustrations for Wagner's opera The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie (1910)

* "Ohe! Ohe! / Horrible dragon, me not! / Spare the life of poor Loge!"
* "The Rhine's pure-gleaming children / Told me of their sorrow"

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Arthur Rackham's illustrations for Wagner's opera The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie (1910)

* The Rhine's fair children / Bewailing their lost gold, weep"
* Mime writhes under the lashes he receives"

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Arthur Rackham's illustrations for Wagner's opera The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie (1910)

* "Seize the despoiler / Rescue the gold! / Help us! Help us! / Woe! Woe!"
* "Mock away! Mock! / The Niblung
makes for you toy!"

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Arthur Rackham's illustrations for Wagner's opera The Rhinegold & the Valkyrie (1910)

* The Frolic of the Rhine-Maidens
* The Rhine-Maidens teasing Alberich

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2020-07-24

An alphabet full of Illustrators...W is for...Dugald Stewart Walker a US artist... described upon his debut... as... "an artist of remarkable talent, suggesting Rackham and Dulac but entirely original in spirit and execution"....#ForgottenChildrensBooks

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2020-07-23

The 15thc word Caterpillar may derive from Old French, meaning "a hairy foraging cat"...

🖌Arthur Rackham

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2020-07-23

Arthur Rackham
(1867-1939)
"The Haunted Wood" 1913.

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2020-07-22

Mermaids, selkies, sirens & water nymphs appear in myths, legends & fairy tales the world over. Portrayed equally as cold & predatory, luring mortals to their death, or kind & helpful creatures.

🎨Tristan Elwell, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, JW Waterhouse.

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2020-07-21

HERE THEY ARE! Full crew male characters' prints available, they're done after my original graphite portrait series.
💌DM me to get any 💌
They're all 15€ (+5€ shipping) each

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2020-07-16

The 'Child Ballads' are a collection of 305 ballads collated in 19th century by Francis James Child, published in 10 volumes 1882 - 1898 as The English and Scottish Popular Ballads


"The Twa Corbies", an Arthur Rackham illustration of Child Ballad 2

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Arthur Rackham
“Pandora's Box“

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2020-07-10

Isis with her plumed bow..
Goddess of the Rainbow

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E. A. Poe's "Ligeia".
① Alberto Martini
② Arthur Rackham
③ Byam Shaw
④ Harry Clarke
Poe's text: https://t.co/mkRojO9nqC

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1862 Charles Dodgson told his friend Alice a story. She begged him to write it down and so he did...

🎨🎨Arthur Rackham

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Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm?

Illustration from Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream"
by Arthur Rackham (1908)

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Illustration from 'Alice in Wonderland'. Arthur Rackham. 1907.

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