Plate XVI Asleep in the Moonlight
Print
1870 (published)
1870 (published)
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A coloured print in tones of green and blue, showing fairy characters asleep on branches and leaves with water, mountains and the moon in the background
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Colour etching and letterpress on paper |
| Brief description | Print by Richard Doyle, entitled 'Plate XVI Asleep in the Moonlight', part of a volume 'In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World' with a poem by William Allingham, published London, 1870 |
| Physical description | A coloured print in tones of green and blue, showing fairy characters asleep on branches and leaves with water, mountains and the moon in the background |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Asleep in the moonlight. The dancing Elves have all gone to rest; the King and Queen are evidently friends again, and, let us hope, lived happily ever afterwards. |
| Credit line | Given by Lionel Lambourne, former Keeper in The Department of Paintings |
| Production | This print is an illustration from the book In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World, published in London in 1870. |
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| Accession number | E.515:32-1997 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2008 |
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