Fairies sleeping on a hillside with winged sprites and a fairy queen – Historic Print
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This historic image of Fairies sleeping on a hillside with winged sprites and a fairy queen brings a moment of history to your wall. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Fairies sleeping on a hillside with winged sprites and a fairy queen
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Sleeping fairies lie across a hillside here, with winged sprites gathered around a fairy queen who presides over the scene. Images like this drew on the folklore of the British countryside and on Shakespeare's *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, which shaped how 19th-century artists pictured fairies as small, delicate, winged beings. Fairy painting of that period often sat close to angel imagery, since both offered a way to show the unseen world in human form. The board groups it with religious and angelic subjects, a reminder that these creatures were once read as part of a wider spiritual order.
| Original scan | 1,000 × 1,285 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies070 |
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