Sleeping maiden in a forest watched by fairies – Historic Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Sleeping maiden in a forest watched by fairies in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Sleeping maiden in a forest watched by fairies
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A sleeping young woman lies in the woods while a company of fairies keeps watch over her, so the dreamer rather than any story's action sits at the center of the scene. Pictures like this drew on a long European habit of seeing the forest as a threshold between the everyday world and the unseen one, and they grew especially popular in the nineteenth century, when painters and illustrators looked to Shakespeare and older folklore for subjects. Notice how the light, the tangled undergrowth and the small attentive figures work together to create a hush between sleeping and waking.
| Original scan | 1,000 × 645 px |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies009 |
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