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In the Solway Firth, a mermaid fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years of waiting, he died, alone


: Arthur Rackham

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2023-02-14

5. Gustav Klimt "Water Serpents I" detail
6. Edmund Dulac "The Little Mermaid"
7. Arthur Rackham "Undine"
8. Paul Albert Steck "Ophelia"detail

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2023-02-13

'Once there was a princess who had a jeweled necklace stolen from her...'
- The and the Stolen Necklace

https://t.co/PdHR0lchnx
by Arthur Rackham

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2023-02-10

I was thinking if the Master, Arthur Rackham today. Hard not to during really. & in an hot press sketchbook.

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2023-02-03

“Goblin Market” (1862) by
Christina Rossetti is a narrative poem telling the story of Laura and Lizzie, two sisters tempted with fruit by goblin merchants.
Check out full poem here: https://t.co/PGp2SYzB6Q…
Illustration by Arthur Rackham 1933.

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2023-01-31

“‘Why is a raven like a writing-desk?
‘Have you guessed the riddle yet?’ the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.”
—Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

🎨 Tenniel & Rackham

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2023-01-28

In the Solway Firth, a mermaid fell in love with a sailor whom she rescued when his ship ran aground. She slipped a gold ring on his finger and promised to return to him, but after many years of waiting, he died, alone.



Arthur Rackham

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2023-01-24

13.
"Iphigenia Rackham"
July 2018

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2023-01-23

'The real reason for the midwife's abstention was not that fairy food was distasteful, but that she durst not touch it, under penalty of never again returning to the light of day.'
-Edwin Sidney Hartland

🎨Arthur Rackham

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2023-01-19

In Cumbrian dialect, 'wiggen-tree' is the rowan tree. Plant a rowan tree in your garden to ward off evil influence, and provide a home for benevolent faeries


art: Arthur Rackham

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2023-01-16

不思議の国のアリス、クラシックなイラストあれこれ。

1. Arthur Rackham
2. Jessie Wilcox Smith
3. Milo Winter

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2023-01-14

NEVER EAT FAIRY FOOD It is transformed by their use of GLAMOUR & is actually made up of weeds or rotten fruit. Fairies themselves prefer stalks of heather & the milk of red deer (according to folklore). 🎨Fairy Banquets: Rackham & Fitzgerald

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2023-01-10

Christina Rossetti's 'Goblin Market' tells the story of the encounter between Laura & Lizzie and goblin merchants. When Laura exchanges a lock of her hair for the taste of the goblins' 'fruit forbidden', she deteriorates https://t.co/HeSTxcb51O
🎨 Arthur Rackham

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2023-01-10

Having accepted the offer of a potent drink from a mysterious stranger, Rip Van Winkle falls into a deep slumber and, on waking, finds that twenty years have passed and the world is no longer what it once was ...


🎨 Arthur Rackham

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2023-01-10

‘I wish I hadn't cried so much!” said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out.
I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears!’
Lewis Carroll ~ Alice in Wonderland.
🖼️ Rackham

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2023-01-08

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), “Andromeda” (n.d., exhibited 1903), watercolour and body colour, 37.3 x 54.5 cm.

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2023-01-07

Animals dressed as humans in "The Tortoise and the Hare", from an edition of Aesop's Fables illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1912

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2023-01-01

Magnus Rackham, catty witch with a heart of uh. not gold. What's a material that your heart could be made of that indicates you're the worst person in existence?

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2022-12-29