In Fairyland. Rejected! Crown Prince rejected by Fairy. c1905

by Evans, Edmund

Antique print. Fairy Prince's proposal rejected by Fairy on Toadstool. The Prince's Crown has fallen to the ground.

Delightfully fanciful fairies, illustrating 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.

(This small engraving is from a full page.) Image size is around 11 x 14cm (4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches).