Unicorns wading through surf with a fairy and mermaid – Vintage Print
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Description
A window into the past: Unicorns wading through surf with a fairy and mermaid, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Unicorns wading through surf with a fairy and mermaid
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Unicorns, a fairy and a mermaid share the same surf in this scene, a mix that sets it apart from more typical fairy pictures. Unicorns descend from medieval bestiaries and heraldry, fairies from folklore across northern Europe, and mermaids from sea lore that reaches back to antiquity, so the image brings together creatures that older stories rarely placed on one shoreline. Fantasy subjects like these were popular in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when illustrators and painters supplied them for books, magazines and decorative prints. Their grouping beside angels on this board reflects how the period often treated such supernatural beings as one family of imagery.
| Original scan | 1,000 × 659 px |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies000 |
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