Art, Symbol & Imagination
Peter Pan Is the Fairies’ Orchestra
A small child sits on mushrooms with pipes held to the mouth. Below, tiny figures dance and move among curved leaves against the pale ground. The caption makes Peter the fairies’ orchestra, joining his music to their nightly festivities.
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Arthur Rackham. "Peter Pan Is the Fairies’ Orchestra" [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 123. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0115
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Arthur Rackham. Peter Pan Is the Fairies’ Orchestra. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Scan leaf 123. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0115