Fairies and a sleeping woman with a changeling baby – Antique Wall Art
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Step back in time with Fairies and a sleeping woman with a changeling baby, a historic image rich in period detail. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Fairies and a sleeping woman with a changeling baby
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A sleeping woman lies beside a cradle while fairies crowd the scene, a moment that points to the changeling legend. In folklore from Britain and Ireland, fairies were believed to take a healthy human infant and leave a sickly fairy child in its place, and parents, especially mothers, could be blamed for an infant who failed to thrive. Remedies ranged from tests meant to force the fairy to reveal itself to rituals meant to win back the stolen child. Fairy subjects like this were popular in 19th-century illustration, where artists used them to express both the charm and the unease of rural belief.
| Original scan | 715 × 1,000 px |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies019 |
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