MORE OLD, OLD FAIRY BOOKS that I love. J. A. Adams, Fairy Book 1836. Mrs Craik, The Fairy Book, 1869; Andrew Lang, My Own Fairy Book, 1895. Dinah Craik's collection was a lonely precedent to Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books. Her story books include 'The Unkind Word' 1870

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2019-07-03

J.A.FITZGERALD'S DREAM PAINTINGS depict humans plagued by hideous fairyland creatures; thought to represent the effects of opium. 1. The artist has fallen asleep, on his easel is a painting of a fairy, the model looks on at him 1857. 2. 1858 3. Pipe Dreams 1870

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2019-06-23

Happy Midsummer from ! Dr Johnson, in his Preface to Shakespeare (1765), talks of ‘the loves of Theseus and Hippolyta combined with the Gothic mythology of fairies’, so here's some Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing by William Blake, c. 1786

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2019-06-22

THE VISIT AT MOONLIGHT. Fairies encircle a tomb at night in E.T. Parris, 1832. The connection between romantic ballet & fairy painting is made clear; the white floating figure of a fairy ballerina in productions of 'Giselle' & 'Ondine' is transposed in this image

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2019-06-10

Our fab new hashtag for June is - we're interested in the relationship between the two in preparation for a big announcement coming soon !! Here's a fairy funeral, Maximilian Pirner, 1888, to get us started. Do join in!

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2019-06-10