The Fairy Queen


The Elf-King

The Fairy Queen and the Elf King  Wallet 10 Blank Card Set  '5x7'

One of the most popular illustrators of the Victorian era, Richard Doyle (English, 1824-1883) published his first work at the tender age of fifteen. Four years later, he landed a position at the newly established Punch, designing the magazine's original cover, which it used for over a century. In 1850, he left the world of satire for that of book illustration rendering scenes from tales by Ruskin, Dickens, Thackeray, the Brothers Grimm, and other authors.

In Fairyland or Pictures from the Elf World (1870) stands as Doyle's highest achievement and a pinnacle of Victorian fairy art. Doyle's large cast of fairies, elves, and woodland creatures flit and frolic through an incredibly detailed landscape of lush vegetation. The illustrations in this folio are taken from In Fairyland, part of the Opie Collection of Children's Literature in the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford.

Folio contains 10 full-color, 5 x 7" blank note cards (5 each of The Fairy Queen and Triumphal March of the Elf King) and 10 white envelopes. It measures approximately 5 1/8 x 7 1/2".
  
    
Price:  $9.95



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