Fairy Collection (page 9)

Il Pentamerone. Basile
THE MYRTLE The Prince and the Fairy. Date: First published: c.1630

Fairy tales: the ugly ducking in the old womans cottage
The ugly duckling at home with the old woman and her other beasts

THE THREE ROBES
Blauvor and Lanfor on the island. One plays the harp, the other sings. A stranger approaches... (An Irish tale)

SLEEPING BEAUTY - 1
The Prince sees the spellbound castle from afar, almost buried in unrestrained vegetation

SALT RUSSIAN TALE
They sailed away once more over the blue sea

FRAU HOLLE - 3
The stepdaughter makes the feathers fly, causing a snowstorm on the Earth below

THE FLYING TRUNK
Most travellers carry their luggage, but in this Hans Andersen tale, its the luggage that carries the traveller !

FELLOW TRAVELLER (EVB)
The Wicked Princess in her garden. Date: 1872

Beauty and the Beast
Beauty is just in time to save the Beasts life

MASSENET / CENDRILLON 1
(Cinderella) Brejean-Graviere as the Fairy in this opera based on the Cinderella story. Date: first performed 1899

Cartoon, Bottoms Dream (Republicanism)
Cartoon, BOTTOMS DREAM -- Nick Bottom (the working-man): I have a dream... [I will get Peter Quince to write a ballad of this dream Bottoms Dream because it hath no Bottom

CRYSTAL PALACE ROOF
A view of the immense glass roof of the Crystal Palace viewed from the lead flat, the only portion of solid roofing in this fairy structure Date: 1851

THE FAIRY-CIRCLE
A knight of the Round Table, riding at night, sees the circle of fairies - in the days when the land was full of signs and wonders

THE GOOSE GIRL & GEESE THE GOOSE GIRL & GEESE
The goose girl with her geese, and in the distance the castle where, who knows ? she may one day be the princess

SNOW WHITE / GLASS GASKET
Snow White asleep in the glass gasket - the Prince looks on... Date: 1901

FAIRY ART-LOVERS
Fairy Connoisseurs inspecting Mr Frederick Lockers Collection of Drawings Date: 1868

YOUTH LEARNS FEAR / GRIMM
THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS - the boy meets (and beats) the fierce old man Date: circa 1905

SING SOARING LARK / GRIMM
The lion confronts the traveller who tries to steal the lark Date: circa 1905

Birds - Owl - Grimms Fairy Tales
A winking owl perched on a branch - by the look of it, its an EAGLE OWL (Buto ignavus) Date: circa 1905

CINDERELLA
Cinderella generously gives a large bowl of coffee to an old man asking for charity, while her sisters get ready to go to the ball

THE SNAKE PRINCE / QUEEN
The princess begs the Queen of Snakes to give her back her husband. (Feroshepore story)

THE FAIRY NURSE
The fairies go off with the farmers wife. (Irish story)

FINEST LIAR IN WORLD
The Best Bee pulling a plough

MAIDEN WITH HELMET
The maiden washing her face in a stream whilst a young man watches her from behind a tree. (Japanese story)

The Underground Workers
A team of dwarf miners, the underground workers in action

NINE PEA-HENS AND GOLDEN APPLES The dragon carries off the Empress

READING IN GARDEN
Four children in the garden read a fairy story Date: circa 1880

Girl has Fairy Dreams
A little girl sleeps with her doll in her arms and dreams of fairies Date: circa 1890

Fairy Tale - Cinderella - Carriage
Cinderella - Fairy Tale. The good fairy ttansforms a pumpkin into a carriage for Cinderella

CINDERELLA / THE SHOE FITS
- the shoe fits!

KNIGHT & FAIRY CIRCLE KNIGHT & FAIRY CIRCLE
One of the Knights of the Round Table sees fairies dancing in a circle just above the surface of a lake

FAIRY IN SUNBEAM
A shoe-maker sees fairies dancing in a sunbeam Date: 1850

FAIRY RING
Fairy Ring in the Tyrol, formed by fungus Spathularia Flavida Date: late 19th century

Folklore: a sea fairy
A fairy by the sea

Fairies dance in a fairy ring
He whistled to the merry elves, Were leaping in a ring

Puck on spiders thread
Puck seated on a spiders thread. Date: 1920

Southend - Never Never Land - The Fairy Castle Date: circa 1935

The Radium Girl, Kings Theatre, Southsea
The Radium Girl, a musical comedy revue at the Kings Theatre, Southsea. 1915

Mr & Mrs Benson and Company, Theatre Royal, Halifax
Mr & Mrs Benson and their Company, at the Theatre Royal, Halifax, with a programme of Shakespeare plays (The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Hamlet)

Cinderella, a pantomime, Royal Artillery Theatre, Woolwich, SE London. 1905

Quite Still Please! A Fairy Photographic Session Date: circa 1940s

Titanias Palace (Northern Facade) - Dollshouse
Titanias Palace (Northern Facade) - designed by Sir Nevile Wilkinson - made of old mahogany with oak pillars and takes apart in eight sections for ease of transportation

Dorothy - dressed up as a Star or as The Fairy Queen. Taken by a photograph in St Ives, Cambridgeshire. Date: circa 1920s

Niagara Falls, USA - The White Mans Fancy Date: 1913

Pedro Gonzalez, the hairy man
Pedro Gonzalez, (also spelt Gonsalvus), 16th century noble born hairy man, (flourished 1582) and his French wife of " outstanding beauty". circa 1582

Pixie making a chain of flowers
One of a series of delicate fairy pictures by Lydia Margaret Hine Date: circa 1922

Fairies dancing at twilight
One of a series of delicate fairy pictures by Lydia Margaret Hine Date: circa 1922

Fairies of the Garden - The Scotch Thistle. 1903

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