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Rivka@theasraidance· 10d

⚓Mermaid by Edward Frederick Brewtnall

Painting. A mermaid sits on the shore watching a ship in the distance. Moonlight is reflected on the sea.

Rivka@theasraidance· 11d

Allegory of the month August by Gaspar Camps

Rivka@theasraidance· 11d

'My tears are like the quiet drift Of petals from some magic rose' ~Dylan Thomas 🎨Herbert James Draper #BookWormSat

Rivka@theasraidance· 13d

✨Kaltes from 'The Goddess Paintings' by Susan Seddon-Boulet

The shapeshifting moon goddess depicted as a hare, in a circular frame with a full moon behind her. The frame is surrounded by a plant with leaves.

Rivka@theasraidance· 14d

Faun by Moonlight by Léon Spilliaert #WyrdWednesday

Rivka@theasraidance· 17d

'Her Chariot ready straight is made' Illustration by Thomas Maybank (1906) Frontispiece, 'Nymphidia, the Court of Faerie' by Michael Drayton, first published in 1627.

Painting of a dark forest under a full moon. A winged fairy queen dressed in white approaches her carriage, accompanied by fairy creatures and insects.

Rivka@theasraidance· 19d

Illustration by Florence Harrison for Christina Rossetti's 'The Ghost's Petition' "We are trees which have shed their leaves." #PhantomsFriday

Illustration from 1910, depicting a Pre-Raphaelite styled woman with red hair. She is sitting on a chair in a wood panelled room. Standing before her is a ghostly figure.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jul 6

Fairy transport for #OwlishMonday by Amelia Jane Murray (1800-1896)

A painting of an owl carrying two fairies. The dresses the fairies wear reflect the fashion of the 1820s. One is seated, the other is standing and holding a wand. There is a full moon top right of the scene, and some clouds at the bottom.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jul 4

Illustration by Mervyn Peake 'Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There' by Lewis Carroll "Why, it’s turning into a sort of mist now, I declare! It’ll be easy enough to get through." #BookWormSat

Black and white illustration of Alice climbing through the looking glass.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jul 3

Forest Ghost by László Mednyánszky #PhantomsFriday

Painting, 1890. A ghostly figure moves through a forest. Muted brown tones.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jul 1

🌿The Larkspur Fairy by Margaret Tarrant #July

Illustration. Winged fairy standing on the leaf of a larkspur, wearing a petal hat, green tunic, purple leggings and red shoes. A butterfly has landed on the fairy's hand.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 23

✨Midsummer Eve by Edward Robert Hughes

Painting, 1908. A wood at night. Fairies dance in a ring around a woman wearing a long gown and flowers in her hair. She is carrying a flute under her arm.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 22

🌿Summer by Walter Crane

Painting of a woman in a long white dress lying in a meadow. She is surrounded by flowers, mostly daisies. Painted in 1895.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 21

Summer by Alphonse Mucha #summersolstice

Cropped version of an artwork from the Art Nouveau period depicting the month of summer as a woman wearing a poppy flower crown and a light coloured dress. She is leaning against a vine. The sky is a mix of blue and a yellow-ish white with some light clouds. From The Seasons, 1896.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 20

'Gather to your fairy piper When he pipes his magic tune' ~Robert Graves 🎨Dorothy Lathrop #BookWormSat

A fairy dances at night while another plays pipes. The piper holds a red/orange lizard.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 20

Woman with a cat on her shoulder by Auguste Danse #Caturday

Etching depicting a woman with long dark hair, wearing a long, sleeveless dress. She is seated, and a black cat sits on her shoulder. 1875.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 19

'Pixies dancing in a Ring by the Firelight' by William Bell Scott The setting for this painting was described by the artist as ‘a Haunted House on Midsummer’s Eve.’ #PhantomsFriday

In a room lit only by firelight, a ring of tiny pixies dance in its warm glow casting shadows on the floor. Oil painting, dated 1885.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 13

'...I look at you, heart of silver, White heart-flame of polished silver, Burning beneath the blue steeples of the larkspur, And I long to kneel instantly at your feet, While all about us peal the loud, sweet Te Deums of the Canterbury bells.' ~Amy Lowell 🎨Charles Courtney Curran #BookWormSat

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 8

Owl and Dominoes by Gertrude Abercrombie #OwlishMonday

Painting, dated 1957. From left to right, an Owl, an egg and two dominoes, showing a double one and a one. A crescent moon in the sky above the dominoes.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 7

"What hast thou found within the pool of dreams, Where roses of a thousand summers blow? What strange and lovely thing of opal gleams, Secrets and tears and hopes of long ago?" 'The Crystal Gazer' 🎨 Ida Rentoul Outhwaite 🖋️Annie R Rentoul

Illustration from 'Fairyland', 1926. A fairy stands at the edge of a pool at the bottom of some steps, she is holding a crystal ball and gazing down. There are pillars and a wall either side of the steps, adorned with pink blossom. Tall, dark trees are visible in the distance.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 5

'I passed from the familiar room, I who from love had passed away, Like the remembrance of a guest That tarrieth but a day.' ~Christina Rossetti Illustration by Florence Harrison #PhantomsFriday

Illustration for the poem 'At Home' by Christina Rossetti. A ghostly woman in white watches as her friends socialise together around a candlelit dining table.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 3

'The Veairies' by Warwick Goble Illustration for the poem by William Barnes 'The Book of Fairy Poetry' (Dora Owen, 1920)

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 1

Owl's Consort by Kenojuak Ashevak #OwlishMonday

An owl surrounded by other animals in pairs, symmetrically placed, one each side. Two ravens, two pink birds, and two fish.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 1

Alice and the White Rabbit by Margaret Tarrant

Illustration from 'Alice in Wonderland', 1916 edition. One of Alice's meetings with the White Rabbit, as he drops his fan and gloves.

Rivka@theasraidance· Jun 1

June From 'The Months' by Alphonse Mucha, 1899

Art Nouveau illustration of a woman in a floral setting, fixing some flowers in her hair. 'Labelled 'Juin' at the top left corner. One of a set of twelve medallions, created for a magazine and later made into postcards.

Rivka@theasraidance· May 31

'The Stolen Child' by George William Russell (Æ)

Pastel drawing, created between 1900 and 1915. Three ethereal female figures wearing robes and crowns are gathered together in the centre of a landscape, a house can be seen in the distance. One of the figures is holding a child by the hands.

Rivka@theasraidance· May 29

'Look At Those Flitting Ghosts' illustration by John Leech #PhantomsFriday

Wood block illustration, 1860s. A ghostly female figure flies through the night, one arm around a train smokestack and the other pointing forward. Two ghoulish figures follow her, one is a skeleton, the other carries a scythe. For the poem 'The Night Mail North' by Henry Cholmondeley-Pennell.

Rivka@theasraidance· May 23

'I will find out where she has gone, And kiss her lips and take her hands; And walk among long dappled grass, And pluck till time and times are done, The silver apples of the moon, The golden apples of the sun.' ~W.B. Yeats 🎨'The Silver Apples of the Moon' Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh #BookWormSat

Pencil and Watercolour, 1912. Two ethereal figures surrounded by apples. Blue and silver tones.

Rivka@theasraidance· May 22

'O’er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted.' ~Thomas Hood 🎨'The Palace of the Spirits' by Romolo Tessari #PhantomsFriday

Painting of a ghostly figure in white in a gloomy house, a black cat at their feet. Another figure is in the background.

Rivka@theasraidance· May 21

The Forest Fairies by William M. Timlin