3-057-188 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

'Water lilies and water fairies of the period', c1869-c1870. 'This is part of the Triumphal Progress represented on a previous page; but owing to the delay caused by the tricks and gambols of the Elves, and the practical jokes of some of the birds, they have been left behind by the rest of the Procession.' An assortment of fairies, nymphs and elves ride on the backs of birds. From "In Fairy land. A series of pictures from the elf-world by Richard Doyle. With a poem by W Allingham." (London, 1869-1870).