Sleeping fairy resting on a swan with roses – Antique 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 fairy resting on a swan with roses in remarkable detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Sleeping fairy resting on a swan with roses
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A sleeping fairy drifts across the page, her head resting on the back of a swan while roses fall around her. The pairing of a dreaming figure with a swan is a staple of late nineteenth and early twentieth century fairy illustration, when artists drew on folklore, Romantic poetry and the fashion for gentle, dreamlike scenes to appeal to a growing market for decorative books and cards. Fairy subjects of this kind often blurred the line between the sacred and the whimsical, which is why they sit on a board about angels as well as fairies. Look closely at the soft linework and the way the roses seem to be scattered by the same breeze that carries the sleeper.
| Original scan | 1,200 × 900 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies087 |
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