Sprites Collection

Fairy Revels
Enchanting illustration showing fairies dancing in a ring underneath a toadstool while pixies, elves and sprites watch and hold lamps. c.1925

Whither Away by Florence Mary Anderson
A group of delicate looking fairies and pixies ride around on dragonflies and bees. c.1925

A Sail in the Moon Boat by Florence Mary Anderson
Illustration showing two children and a baby going for a ride on a crescent shaped moon surrounded by pixies and fairies. c.1920

Fairy Flowers by Florence Mary Anderson
" Fairy Flowers by Florence Mary Anderson. " Admire me. See how gorgeous I am", from The Secret of the Flowers by Edith M Coker." 1919

Fairies by Hilda Miller
Enchanting illustration depicting a group of fairies holding hands and dancing through a field of flowers, while butterflies overhead mimic their dance steps

Magician Carl Devo
Undated colour illustrated poster for magician Carl Devo, featuring full length illustration of Devo surrounded by magical objects, printed by Weiners Limited, London. HPF/5B/5

Puck (Fuseli)
Puck, a sprite (in Shakespeares Midsummer nights dream)

Fairies from every Flower
Two children sit in a garden, surrounded by flowers and their associated fairies. c.1925

Postcard design artwork - Schoolgirl led by hand by a sprite
Postcard design artwork - A Schoolgirl led by hand by a sprite. Date: circa 1937

Fairy Time - A seated fairy blows a dandelion head
Fairy Time - A seated fairy queen blowing the seeds off a dandelion seed head, whilst two sprites rest nearby under two toadstools Date: 1939

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach silhouette from Divine Youth series
Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach silhouette from the Divine Youth series - a weightlifter. Date: 1911

Wind Sprites by Lorna Steele

NYMPHS OVER STREAM
One of the knights of the Round Table sees these creatures above a stream - are they nymphs, sprites, fairies or sirens ?

KNIGHT & SPRITES KNIGHT & SPRITES
One of the Knights of the Round Table sees fairies as he rides through the forest

The Fairies Song - A Midsummers Nights Dream - Act II, scene 2 - Titania asleep, surrounded by her fairy train

The Magic Mirror
A group of fairies and pixies fly through the air holding a magical mirror

A Fairy Serenade - Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom
A Fairy Serenade - A Fairy Troubadour atop a mushroom belting out some love songs for his girl... Date: 1920s

Music cover, Sprites by Night, Danse Fantastique by Joseph Fredericks. circa 1890s

Christmas Fairies
A Christmas verse, written by Marion St. John Webb illustrated by Alice H. Watson. Date: 1928

The Snow Lady by Mina Greenhill
A lady dressed in medieval costume standing in the snow surrounded by fairies and sprites. Date: 1920

The Fairy Pageant, Bonzos Annual, 1935 Date: 1935

Two sprites playing a violin and a flute
A butterfly dances to the music played by two sprites playing a violin and a flute

Christmas sprites
Six little Christmas sprites peer over a wall, smiling cheekily. The card reveals that each one brings different Christmas wish: Peace, Joy, Christmas cheer, Health

Night before Christmas
Title page to " The Night Before Christmas" by Clement C Moore, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, featuring elves cavorting across the page with holly and mistletoe. Date: First published: 1823

The Nymphs by Hookway Cowles
The Nymphs An Illustration by Hookway Cowles depicts 5 women in thin revealing clothing, nearly naked in appearance, prancing through the forest with the sunlight trying to penetrate the Undergrowth

Puck as Will O the Wisp
Puck, a sprite, mischievously leads travellers astray as a will o the wisp, luring the unwary into marshy pools

Illustration entitled Lanterne Magique
Illustration entitled " Lanterne Magique" showing many silhouetted images of magic by Michel Delaporte, 1832. HPF/5C/0"

What the Angler Saw by A. K. Macdonald
An angler, coming to fish at a salmon pool at dawn is astonished to see a group of lithe and naked nymphs cavorting above the water to a tune played on pipes by Pan

Toby Xmas Number 1922
Front cover illustration for Toby childrens magazine or comic, featuring Father Christmas driving through snow on a motobike

The Moths and the Flame
Fantasy illustration by Edmund Blampied, showing winged fairies or sprites flying towards a flame in human form

Robin Good-Fellow
Robin Good-fellow

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