Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Fairies Feel Dancey
Delicate winged figures rest and lean together beneath a tree covered with orange flowers. Soft robes and fine wings echo the twisting stems around them. The caption gives the fairies their own word for happiness: the feeling of wanting to dance.
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Arthur Rackham. "The Fairies Feel Dancey" [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 163. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0155
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Editorial title and description. Source details from the Library catalogue.
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Arthur Rackham. The Fairies Feel Dancey. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. Scan leaf 163. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0406-0155