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The Allies of Santa Claus by Mabel Lucie AttwellTwo little girls slumber on a window sill as the elvish helpers of Father Christmasm sprinkle fairy dust in order that he may deliver presents. Date: 1919
He was Jack Frost by Helen JacobsEnchanting illustration featuring a glistening Jack Frost lecturing a group of snowdrop fairies or pixies in a snow covered woodland glade
Marsh King / Harry ClarkeIllustration of the Marsh Kings daughter in an oval frame
Snow Queen Harry ClarkeKay meets the Snow Queen
Fairies dance in a circle - Fairy RingHe whistled to the merry elves, Were leaping in a ring
Illustrated London News Christmas number cover, 1904A beautiful fairy with wings, looks thoughtful as she gazes out to the sea and starry sky. Front cover of The Illustrated London News Christmas Number 1904. Date: 1904
Fairy RevelsEnchanting illustration showing fairies dancing in a ring underneath a toadstool while pixies, elves and sprites watch and hold lamps. c.1925
Folklore / FairiesFairy flying with butterflies
Fairies in flight by Florence Mary Anderson. 1915
Whither Away by Florence Mary AndersonA group of delicate looking fairies and pixies ride around on dragonflies and bees. c.1925
The Moonchild by Florence Mary AndersonA small, angelic looking child is carried through the sky in a basket held by a colourful group of fairies and pixies. c.1925
Old Woman in the WoodThe tree turns back into the Kings son, to the surprise and pleasure of the girl. (A dramatic instance of magical shape-changing or metamorphosis)
Fairy Tales of Autumn - Hansel and Gretel by Pauline BaynesHansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes, one of a series of four illustrations of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this case
The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline BaynesCharming illustration showing a land populated by all the characters from Christmas plays and pantomimes including Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robinson Crusoe
Autumnal Scene with Fairy & BlackberriesAn autumnal folklore scene with a fairy, dressed in blue, sat amid the visible roots of a silver birch tree, holding a delicious-looking blackberry
Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs released in UK, 1938Page from The Bystander showing two scenes from the Disney full-length animation, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the time it was released in Britain
Sleeping Beauty ballet, reawakening sceneWhile the King and Queen sleep, Prince Charming, with the blessing of the Lilac Fairy, bends to kiss the Sleeping Princess and thereby awaken her
Swan Lake ballet, Siegfried and Odette fall in loveSiegfried and Odette fall in love while the little swans dance. Because of an evil spell, they are swans by day, and only resume human shape at midnight
Sleeping Beauty ballet, christening sceneThe christening scene in a ballet version of the Sleeping Beauty, with the wicked fairy Carabosse putting her curse on the baby Princess in her cradle
Fairy Tales of Winter - Cinderella by Pauline BaynesCinderella by Pauline Baynes, one of four illustration of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this instance, Cinderella is transformed by her fairy godmother into a dazzling princess while her
Tom Thumb + ButterflyHe rides on the back of a butterfly
Fairies and toadstools, from The Dream Pedlar. 1914
Horrockses, Crewdson & Co Ltd, Preston, Lancashire, office and factory -- trade design. 1920
The Fairy of Flight by William BarribalA Spirit of the Age - The Fairy of Flight. Gorgeous illustration of a fairy with huge yellow wings. Date: 1909
Victorian flower fairiesFlower fairy dancing on a bed of poppies and lilies from a postcard published by Raphael Tuck Date: 1900
Cinderella by Arthur RackhamCinderellas sisters arriving for the Ball in all their finery. Date: 1919
The Tempest, ArielAct I, Scene II Ariel guides the ship to safety Date: 1909
Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger by Arthur RackhamThe crucial moment in the story of Sleeping Beauty when Beauty pricks her finger on a spinning wheel thus sending her to sleep for a number of years
Cinderella ballet, Ugly Sisters trying to danceThe Ugly Sisters try to follow their dancing master while Cinderella stands disconsolately by the fire. A scene from a ballet version of Cinderella, based on French and Spanish fairytales
Rose FylemanRose Amy Fyleman (1877-1957) - an English writer and poet, noted for works on fairy folk, for children"
Finn McCool Hears Fairy HarpFinn McCool hears the fairy harp
The Star Money - 1Die Sternthaler : the child gathers up the star money
Frog Prince & PrincessThe princess discovers a frog at her feet: curiously, he too is wearing a crown
The Hut of Baba YagaThe Baba Yaga chases the girl in a pestle
Folklore / Fairies / DoyleAN ELF-FAIRY ROMANCE (picture 2 of 3) He finds her, and this is the consequence
A fairy moon and a lonely shore A fairy moon and a lonely shA fairy moon and a lonely shore. Print shows a man with a shoulder pole walking along a moonlite shore. Date between 1890 and 1940
Sleeping Beauty by Arthur RackhamPrincess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty, pictured in a perfect pose as she sleeps for a hundred years after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel
Snow is brought by the Fairy of the North Wind Date: early 20th century
Off to Fairyland by Muriel DawsonA small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales
Carlotta Grisi / GiselleCARLOTTA GRISI (Caronne Adele Josephine Marie Grisi) Italian ballet dancer, seen here in Giselle
Doyle Fairy ArticleThe title page of Arthur Conan Doyles article discussing the evidence for the existence of fairies
Princess and the PeaI have scarcely closed my eyes all night, complains the princess, proving that she is a REAL princess, so sensitive that single a pea beneath her mattress keeps her awake
Emperors NightingaleThe whole court was present, even to the little kitchen wench... - to hear the Nightingale
Emperors New ClothesThe royal tailors admire their craftsmanship
Sleeping B / Lefler / UrbanThe Prince wakes Sleeping Beauty from her sleep with a kiss
FAIRY RINGChildren watch fairies dancing and creating a fairy ring
Grimm / Wren & BearA scene from the story showing a fox in conversation with the bear
The Cat and the Mouse by Charles Folkard. Pray give me some bread. A fairy tale by Charles Perrault 1923