A revised edition of a very popular title, written by one of England's leading experts on Victorian art.

Published to accompany exhibition held at The Royal Academy of Arts, London, 13/11/97 - 8/2/98.

Welcome to an enchanting world populated by the little people — fairies, elves, and sprites — envisioned by such Victorian-era artists as Arthur Rackham, Ri

This book examines the fairy in the work of many Victorian painters, novelists and poets.

The Victorian era saw a flowering of fairy paintings as British artists in particular rejected the classical and ancient Greek subjects in favour of a deeper, c