solstice child

from "The Sea King's Gift" chapter of “The Lilac Fairy Book” ~ 1910 ~ Henry J. Ford (English, 1860-1941) 

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.

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Wash Away by Dongni Hou

Foam Fairies by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (Australian illustrator of children’s books, mostly depicting fairies, 1888-1960)

John Anster Fitzgerald - Fairies Looking Through A Gothic Arch (c.1864).

Art Nouveau Brooch enamel diamonds by Gaston Lafitte, Circa 1905.

from "The Canterbury Tales" written by Geoffrey Chaucer ~ 1913 ~ illustrated here by Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969)

from "The Little Mermaid" ~ 1899 ~ illustrated here by Helen Stratton (British, 1867-1961)

art by Dongni Hou

Read the full book here: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/28096/28096-h/28096-h.htm#ugliness

Franz Stassen

“Passed the Window” from the children’s book Mummy’s Bedtime Story Book, illustrated by Jessie Marion King, 1929.

Molinard French Glass Cicada-form Perfume bottle, c. 1900

from "The Canterbury Tales" written by Geoffrey Chaucer ~ 1913 ~ illustrated here by Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969)

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