Fairies by a woodland pool with children and water lilies – Antique Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with Fairies by a woodland pool with children and water lilies, a historic image rich in period detail. 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. A conversation-starting piece for home, office, or as a meaningful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Fairies by a woodland pool with children and water lilies
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Fairies drift over a still woodland pool here, their wings catching the light as children reach toward the water lilies below. The scene belongs to the late Victorian and Edwardian fascination with fairy painting, when illustrators and fine artists imagined the spirit world as a gentle extension of the English countryside. Pictures like this one turned the forest pond into a place of innocence and wonder, and their soft, detailed flowers and figures were popular in children's books and magazines of the period. Notice how the artist places the fairies and the children on the same plane, suggesting that the two worlds meet easily in the quiet of the woods.
| Original scan | 1,200 × 900 px · prints to 4 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | Fantasy Fairies080 |
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