Art, Symbol & Imagination
Fairies Hide beneath the Tree Roots
Two children look around a large tree trunk above a web of spreading roots. Tiny figures crouch in the cavities beneath their feet while the woodland opens into a grassy path. The caption explains that fairies remain more or less in hiding until dusk.
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Arthur Rackham. "Fairies Hide beneath the Tree Roots" [editorial title]. In Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, J. M. Barrie; drawings by Arthur Rackham. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1910; drawings by Arthur Rackham., 1910, Charles Scribner's Sons. Source scan leaf 95. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0087
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Arthur Rackham. Fairies Hide beneath the Tree Roots. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Scan leaf 95. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0087