Fairy on a rose with a knight and a wasp – Historic Reproduction
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Description
This rare historic image captures Fairy on a rose with a knight and a wasp in remarkable detail. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fairy on a rose with a knight and a wasp
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A fairy poised on a rose, with an armored knight and a wasp crowded into the same small scene, sets this piece apart from the angels that dominate the board. Fairy paintings like this were especially popular in Britain through the nineteenth century, when artists drew on folklore and on Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night's Dream* to imagine tiny beings living among flowers and insects. The pairing of a chivalric knight with a stinging wasp adds a note of playful contrast, turning the flower into a stage for a miniature tale of courage and danger. The tiny scale of the figures rewards a slow, close look.
| Original scan | 581 × 1,015 px |
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| Reference | Fairies & Elves (33) |
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