Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Boy and the Staring Horse
A small boy faces a pale horse upon a narrow woodland path. Rackham’s caption contrasts the boy’s stillness with the horse’s ability to flick away flies with its tail.
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Arthur Rackham. "The Boy and the Staring Horse" [editorial title]. In Irish Fairy Tales, James Stephens; Arthur Rackham. Reading edition, undated edition. Source scan leaf 51. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0661-0051
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Arthur Rackham. The Boy and the Staring Horse. Irish Fairy Tales. Scan leaf 51. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0661-0051