In Fairyland. Prince and Grasshopper Jousting, Butterfly Dancing. c1905.

by Evans, Edmund

Antique print of Fairy Prince and friends playing. 

Four small coloured engravings on one page: Cruel Elves pulling the leg of an insect, A Dancing Butterfly with a Fairy on a Camellia Japonica, the Fairy Prince and friends are Jousting - riding beetles, a grasshohpper and a wasp. This delightful group of fanciful fairy activities illustrates Richard Doyle's imaginative stories.

Original colour-printed wood engraving by Edmund Evans to illustrate Richard Doyle's In Fairyland publilshed in London c1905.
Edmund Evans (1826-1905) was one of the finest colour-printers from around 1860 in London and was highly regarded as an illustrator of children's toy books, picture books and book covers. His particular skill was in the mixing of colours for the print impressions - rather than just printing successive layers of individual colour.

The page size is 275 x  380mm (10 1/2 x 14 7/8 inches).