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In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World

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

Three images: in the first a elf circles a toadstool behing which a fairy is hiding; in the second they kiss over the toadstool; in the third she is seen fleeing while the elf sits on the toadstoool in despair.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Fairy Tales and Legends
Books
Object type
print
Titles
  • In Fairyland: A Series of Pictures from the Elf World (published title)
  • Plate VIII A Little Play in Three Acts (generic 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 VIII A Little Play in Three Acts', 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
Three images: in the first a elf circles a toadstool behing which a fairy is hiding; in the second they kiss over the toadstool; in the third she is seen fleeing while the elf sits on the toadstoool in despair.
Dimensions
  • Sheet size height: 27.5cm
  • Sheet size width: 37.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
This is a little play, in three acts. Scene: a Toadstool. Characters: a sentimental Elf and a wayward fairy / Enter, an elf in search of a fairy / He finds her, and this is the consequence / She runs away, and this is his condition.
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.
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from R.P. 1997/452 Acquisition Form
  • Taken from R.P. 1997/452 Catalogue Sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.515:17-1997

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Record createdApril 8, 2009
Record URL
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