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Rufflecumtuffle Doings of the Bodley Family in Town and Country (1876)

THE FOUR QUEER ELVES Rufflecumtuffle and Floppytyfly, Bibbetybobble and Kickitteygo,   Were four queer elves   Who lived by themselves   On a mountain high, And scorned the fairies thta dwelt below [...]

Keywords: fairies, pagan, bare feet, beards, elves, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, carts, transport, humour, greyscale

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Added: 2012-11-25

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Bibbety-Bobble Doings of the Bodley Family in Town and Country (1876)

The fairy folk and the wee elves dance in a circle. Then it was that each elvish man Felt such a lightness in his feet, That, snatching the hand of the nearest fay, Round they whisked in th e wildest [...]

Keywords: fairies, pagan, dancing, bare feet, elves, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2012-11-22

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Puck and the Fairies The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

R. Dadd Pinxt., W. M. Lizars Sculpt.: Puck and the Fairies (Midsummer Night’s Dream) Puck here is depicted as a naked baby sitting raise up on a toadstool while all around the creatures of the forest [...]

Keywords: cherubs, nudity, fairies, bare feet, shakespeare, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2004-07-19

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Little Wee Men A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

The fairy folk climbing a hill made of clouds, and, beneath them, a fairy castle.

Keywords: colour, fairies, people, castles, fantasy, illustrations for children

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Added: 2007-08-05

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The Siren of the Wildsea Legends of the Black Forest (1890)

Die Nixe des Wildsee’s The fairy is playing her harp, sitting in the form of an almost-nakd woman; a doe (a female deer) nestles beside her. But a snake crosses her foot, showing her sinister side. T [...]

Keywords: people, forests, trees, nudity, animals, mythical creatures, fairies, colour

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Added: 2009-11-24

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There Sleeps Titania The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

“From the Midsummer Night’s Dream. R. Huskisson. Pinx. Fred Heath. Sculp. The engraving shows Titania as a nearly-naked woman with a tiara of pearls, surrounded by her female maids-in-waiting. In the [...]

Keywords: people, fairies, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, forests, snails, soldiers, royalty, shakespeare, spooky, greyscale

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Added: 2009-10-22

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There Sleeps Titania (detail without the frame) The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

This is the central image from There Sleeps Titania, with the architectural arch removed. There is also a magnified detail so you can see more clearly the fabulous technique of one of the greatest eng [...]

Keywords: people, fairies, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, forests, snails, soldiers, royalty, shakespeare, spooky, colour

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Added: 2009-10-22

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Queen Mab A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Queen Mab is a fairy with butterfly wings who brings dreams to people. She was described by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet. I also made a version of Queen Mab with no words, and I also coloured in t [...]

Keywords: fairies, people, illustrations for children, fantasy, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-05

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Queen Mab (version without the words) A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Queen Mab is a fairy with butterfly wings who brings dreams to people. She was described by Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet This is a version of Queen Mab with the writing removed, so you can use mor [...]

Keywords: fairies, people, illustrations for children, fantasy, spirit, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-05

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Queen Mab Gallery: What people did with the images (2004)

A version of Queen Mab from Edgar’s Treasury of Verse, coloured by Liam Quin. You can use this as a stock image as long as you link back here and also send me a copy (or URL) of anything you do with i [...]

Keywords: backgrounds, wallpaper, colour, fairies, gallery

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Added: 2007-09-06

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Ariel The Works of Shakspere, with notes by Charles Knight (1873)

C. W. SHARPE, SCULPT.; H J. TOWNSEND, PINXT. Ariel, the spirit of wind, is bound to serve Prospero, in Shakespeare’s play “The Tempest,” and is here drawn as a miniature naked winged boy lying on the [...]

Keywords: nudity, cherubs, bare feet, fairies, shakespeare, spooky, colour

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Added: 2004-07-19

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Boy Fairy Resting on a Flower Atalanta Magazine (1888)

An end-of-chapter tailpiece showing a small nude boy laying on a sunflower, and holding a daisy in one hand; his feet rest on another daisy. I think he is meant to be a flower fairy, although he does [...]

Keywords: fairies, illustrations for children, people, mythical creatures, children, nudity, bare feet, greyscale

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Added: 2011-01-13

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