Fairy Art Prints

Antique Fairies Admin — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:03:21 +0000

Fairy art prints are an excellent way to start a collection of fairy art. Prints are more affordable than water colors or oil paintings but can still provide an introduction to the fairy art world. There are various prints to choose from whether you want lithographs, book plates or even advertising posters.

Below are some examples and price guides of fairy art prints and fairy tale prints including an original Red Riding Hood poster and a gelatin silver print of the Cottingley fairies.

Thomas Ryder (1746-1810) Etching

A stipple etching after the work by Henry Fuseti depicting a scene from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream. Subjects in print include: Oberon, Queen of the Fairies, Puck, Bottom, and Fairies attending. Originally from “A Collection of Prints, from pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakespeare, by the artists of Great Britain,” 1803 published by Boydell.

Sold for US$200 at Locati, LLC in 2023

Original 1930s British Theater Poster Red Riding Hood

Letterpress Print ca. 1935
29.9 x 20 in. (76 x 51 cm)
Printer: Taylors, Wombwell
Condition Details: (A) mounted on linen

Sold for US$100 at PosterConnection, Inc. in 2022

Barker, Cicely Mary C1940 Lot of 24 Flower-Fairy Prints

Lithographs Published C1935-45 by Blackie & Son, London & Glasgow for the “Flower-Fairies” Series by Cicely Mary Barker. Reverse side blank. Paper Size: 5.5 x 4 inch (14 x 10cm) Good Condition

Sold for US$120 at Albion Auctions in 2021

ELSIE WRIGHT The Cottingley Fairies – Alice and the photograph of Frances ‘Alice’ Griffiths, taken by her cousin Elsie Wright, July 1917, printed by Harold Snelling, c.1920, sepia gelatin silver print, mounted on original brown card with embossed brown title and copyright stamp to lower margin, with original brown card wrapper with tissue, image 11cm x 15cm, with a first edition of Arthur Conan Doyle The Coming of the Fairies Hodder & Stoughton 1922 (splits to spine)

Sold for £1,500 at Flints Auctions Ltd in 2019

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Oil on Canvas

Antique Fairies Admin — Sat, 01 Apr 2023 17:12:13 +0000

Oil on Canvas. Oil painting on canvas has been around since the 14th century. Many fantasy artists have used this technique in fairy art.

Below are some examples and price guides of oil on canvas paintings depicting fairies including a painting by John Anster Fitzgerald and a painting by Alice Beard.

John Anster Fitzgerald (British, 1823-1906)
In Memoriam
signed and dated J.A.FitGerald/1861′ (lower right)
oil on canvas, laid down on board
20.5 x 15.5cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8in).
painted oval

Sold for £31,800 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2023

WILLIAM BELL SCOTT H.R.S.A., L.L.D. (SCOTTISH 1811-1890) THE BARGE OF THE FAIRY MAB

Inscribed with title and address and ‘Government School of Design’ on a contemporary label verso, feigned arched top

(61cm x 51cm (24in x 20in))

Sold for £16,000 at Lyon & Turnbull in 2022

PAINTING OF A MAN AND FAIRY, OIL ON CANVAS

Sold for US$400 at REGENCY GALLERY in 2022

Large 18th century English scene from a medieval myth with a fairy, forest giant and satyrs. Large mythical scene taken from a medieval tale or old English folklore but painted with a Dutch influence (more similar to Van Dyck and Rubens).

Sold for US$3,500 at NY Elizabeth in 2022

Alice Beard (American, 1867-1949) Through Fairy Halls
Signed ‘ALICE BEARD’ bottom left
26 x 23 in. (66 x 58.4cm)

Sold for US$4,500 at Freeman’s in 2021

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