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Plate IV Triumphal march of the Elf King

Print
1870 (published)
Artist/Maker
Longman (publisher)
Doyle, Richard (artist)
Allingham, William (poet)
Place of origin
England (made)

A coloured print showing a scene with fairies, snails, butterflies, birds and insects in procession

Object details

Categories
Prints
Fairy Tales and Legends
Books
Object type
print
Titles
  • Plate IV Triumphal march of the Elf King (generic title)
  • In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World (published title)
Materials and techniques
Colour etching and letterpress on paper
Paper
Printing Inks
Etching (Printing Process)
Letterpress Printing
Brief description
Print by Richard Doyle, entitled 'Plate IV Triumphal march of the Elf King', 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 showing a scene with fairies, snails, butterflies, birds and insects in procession
Dimensions
  • Image size height: 18cm
  • Image size width: 30cm
  • Sheet size height: 27.5cm
  • Sheet size width: 37.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
Thriumphal March of the Elf-King. This important personage, nearly related to the Goblin family, is conspicious for the length of this hair, which on state occasions it requires four pages to support. Fairies in waiting strew flowers in his path, and in his train are many of the most distinguished Trolls, Kobolds, Nixies, Pixies, Wood-Sprites, birds, butterflies, and other inhabitants of the kingdom.
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.
Subjects depicted
Fairies
Snails (Animal)
Birds
Butterflies
Bibliographic references
  • Bruno Girveau and Roger Diederen, eds. Walt Disney's wunderbare Welt und ihre Wurzeln in der europaischen Kunst Munchen: Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung: 2008.
  • Taken from R.P. 1997/452 Acquisition Form
  • Taken from R.P. 1997/452 Catalogue Sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.515:12-1997

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Record createdFebruary 28, 2008
Record URL
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