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For Arthur Rackham's illustrations for "The Tempest," which he illustrated in 1926.

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2019-06-09

The dullest people are always the one who want facts & proof or information over imagination. It is no wonder that they cannot believe in Faerie, or magic, or anything that is truly important such as portals to other realms.
(art by Arthur Rackham)

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2019-06-07

Lizzie and Laura, in Rossetti's "Goblin Market," escape, if only just, in a poem with definite allusions to Persephone and Hades. Although the fruit seems to have trapped her in a state of wanting & wasting rather than a place like Hades/Faerie. Famously illustrated by

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2019-06-04

This morning I maybe at work physically but mentally I am living in the magical world of Arthur Rackham. Care to join me?

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2019-05-21

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

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2019-05-20

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM illustrated by Arthur 1908
Hobgoblin Puck despairs at humankind "'Lord what fools these mortals be" (Act III) & reveals his identity to a fairy "I am that merry wanderer of the night"(Act II)

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2019-05-20

Arthur Rackham, ''Poe's Tales of Mystery and Imagination'' (1935) (cover and frontis)
Source: https://t.co/LVI29DcIQu

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2019-05-18

Mermaids with Sea-Green Hair,
Arthur Rackham, The Wonder Book

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2019-05-17

GOBLIN MARKET 1862 ill 1933
on the reclamation of fallen women

Never mind my bruises,
Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices
Squeezed from goblin fruits for you,
Goblin pulp and goblin dew.
[ ]For your sake I have braved the glen
And had to do with goblin men

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2019-05-14

Fae Etiquette: Should you meet a faery on your travels, never give them your full name. According to faery lore, to know someone's full name gives you power over them.
(Illustrations: Arthur Rackham)

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2019-05-08

The masterful art of Arthur Rackham for the Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales brought the characters to life. As a boy I felt like I was peeking in on an impossible magical Otherworld in his fanciful style, yet, through his skillful realism, witnessing actual events.

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2019-04-30

I cannot say enough to sing the praises of Arthur Rackham. He brought new meaning to the art of illustration. His work is the essence of a fairy tale.

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2019-04-30


celebrating the illustrations of
ARTHUR RACKHAM (1867-1939) in his 1933 book
"The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites with New Illustrations"

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2019-04-24

From Gundam alone, Mira, Hilda, Terri, Rackham, Juli, Kriss, Ms Sundae

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2019-04-19

Brünnhilde on Grane leaps onto the funeral pyre of Siegfried. 'Siegfried and the Twilight of the Gods' by Richard Wagner, 1911. Illustration by Arthur Rackham.

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2019-04-11

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

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2019-04-09

The valkyrie Sigrdrífa says a pagan Norse prayer in Sigrdrífumál

Illustration (1911) by Arthur Rackham

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2019-04-07

2. Jack Rackham🔹 Black Sails

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2019-04-05