Fairies Collection (page 12)

Fairies and fairy houses. Illustration from Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Dancing fairies making wine. Illustration from Teddy Bear (date unknown)

Ten Little Fairies. Illustration originally published in black & white in Treasure no.25

The Corn Fairies

King with Fairies
Kings with fairies

Japanese girl with two younger children

The Butterfly Roundabout

Spring in the royal garden

Painting flowers

Fairies

Talking to Fairies

The Plain Sister

Sally and the Rain Fairies

Shakspeare - Midsummer Nights Dream Act IV Scene I, William
Shakspeare sic - Midsummer Nights Dream Act IV Scene I--A wood - Titiania i.e. Titania, queen of the fairies, Bottom, fairies attending & etc. /. Date 1796 Sept. 29

Stage shot of a performance of Iolanthe
Stage shot of a London performance of Iolanthe - the comic opera by Gilbert and Sullivan. This is likely the D Oyly Carte 1915 Tour production, featuring Nellie Briercliffe in the lead role

Child with fairies
A guardian fairy watches over small child as they encounter mischievous elves. Artist: Anne Anderson Date: 1916

The Rainbow Factory by Charles Robinson
Sublime illustration by Charles Robinson showing a multitude of small people manufacturing rainbows in a lush fantasy setting. Date: 1926

Bedtime by Molly Benatar
Charming illustration to accompany a short poem about bedtime, showing sweet children in their pyjamas making their way to bed

19th century mother and baby
A woman in a crinoline from the mid-19th century tenderly hugs her small baby close to her while fairies and cherubs look with curiosity towards her and a wooden crib. Date: 1926

A Christmas Eve Dream by Hope Dunlap
A little girl sits by a hearth on Christmas Eve, and is dumbstruck to encounter two friendly fairies. Date: 1909

A charm against Fairies by M. Reed
A rather alarming illustration (at least to any new parents) depicting a baby being spirited away by fairies who leave a wizened changeling of their race in its place while its mother sleeps

Comus / Milton / Fairies
Elves and fairies dance on the beach Date: First published : 1634

Dancing fairies. Artist: Lydia Hine. A fairy swings on the stem of a flower Date: circa 1920

A fairy being photographed. Artist Anon. A fairy being photographed by another fairy amongs white daisies Date: circa 1900

Flower Fairies from A Masque of Flowers. Artist: Walter Crane. From Floras Feast - A Masque of Flowers Date: 1901

Fairies on a lily pad. Artist: Lydia Hine. Fairies float on a lily pad Date: circa 1920

A fairy went a-marketing -- a fairy and a peacock, flying side by side. 1922

Spreading out their little wings to dry them in the sun (Have You Watched the Fairies). 1920s

Do you ever hear the fairies? You can hear them if you will, singing little songs of dream, when all the house is still. 20th century

From The White Cat by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Shes sitting on a dragonfly all shining green and gold (Vision). 1920s

And very softly hasten down and out beyond the sleeping town to find my fairy lake (The Island). 1922

Elegant fairy asleep on a mushroom
An elegant fairy asleep on a mushroom. circa 1922

When I went to Fairyland, visiting the Queen, I rode upon a peacock, blue and gold and green (The Visit). 1922

Fairy flannel is the skin of peaches (Useful Hints). 1922

And there they sat and sang all night, I heard them singing in my sleep (Visitors). 1922

We anchored by the moon (A Voyage). 1922

The fairies will have gathered in the forest very soon (Fairy Song). 1920s

Over the field the fairies went, singing and dancing and well content (The Hayfield). 1920s

Fairy on a branch
A fairy on a branch. 1920s

Flowers and People 1884
Two pages from a book about the symbolism of flowers, popular in Victorian times: a cornucopia full of flowers, and three little fairies dancing in a ring. Date: 1884

Fairie Voices C1860
Fairies dance by the light of the full moon, bats fly overhead, owls perch, frogs croak - and the waltz was performed (with the greatest success) at the Proms ! Date: circa 1860

Dancing in Wood
Fairies dancing in a woodland glade

Fairy and Bee
A fairy teases a bee

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