Winged fairy in purple cloak on a leafy branch – Historic Print
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Description
This rare historic image captures Winged fairy in purple cloak on a leafy branch 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. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Winged fairy in purple cloak on a leafy branch
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A winged fairy in a purple cloak perches on a leafy branch, a subject that sits at the crossroads of folklore and decorative art. Fairy imagery of this kind flourished in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when illustrators drew on older European legends of small winged beings living among flowers, trees and streams. Artists of the period often used such figures to suggest a gentle, unseen world close to nature, and the rich purple of the cloak would have made the figure stand out against the greenery. Because the record gives few details about the maker, the image is best read as a fine example of that wider fashion for fairy subjects.
| Original scan | 627 × 800 px |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies001 |
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