Winged bull with children and a fairy over a coast – Vintage Print
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Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Winged bull with children and a fairy over a coast. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Winged bull with children and a fairy over a coast
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A winged bull hovering over a shoreline, with children and a fairy beside it, is an unusual mix of creatures that rarely appear together. The winged bull descends from ancient Near Eastern guardian figures, the lamassu, which European artists began to study and borrow from after archaeologists uncovered them in the 1840s and 1850s. Fairies and winged beings were favorite subjects in 19th-century illustration, where artists freely blended folklore, children's stories and religious symbolism. The scene reads less as a literal event than as an allegory of protection over a shore.
| Original scan | 1,200 × 900 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies076 |
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