Resurfaced

Wonderful golden age images have resurfaced here and there for modern usage. Here, a favorite image, Arthur Rackham's 1909 Jewels From the Deep, is nicely used as a modern book cover for a book that's about, well, #@*% yeah, mermaids.

Arthur Rackham — Jewels from the Deep

Delicious

Two of Arthur Rackham's less well known, but delicious, graphics.

Arthur Rackham — Faeries — 1914

Arthur Rackham — Mermaids — 1914

Rescue

Oh, hurry, hurry, HURRY!! . . . SAVE him!!!

Arthur Rackham — The Rescue — 1905

Bolton's Goblin Market

Paul Ballard, a terrific illustrator in his own right, took the time to send over these scans of John Bolton's graphic story version of Goblin Market — in response to the earlier posts of Arthur Rackham and Kinuko Craft's versions.

Paul sez in his email: Too beautiful not to share . . .

I agree. Thanks Paul!

Goblins

Gimme a chance, you guys jumped in too fast. I was doin' some Labor Day party stuff and went out to play badminton before posting the next item, which was . . .

The piece from Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market that Arthur Rackham painted that Craft's painting was a take on.

Geez, I didn't know anyone was payin' attention here.

Midsummer Madness

I just realized that I missed posting something for Midsummer Eve, on the solstice as reckoned by tradition. But really Midsummer's exact dates vary between different cultures. As it so happens in Great Britain from the 13th century, Midsummer was celebrated on Midsummer Eve (St John's Eve, June 23) AND St. Peter's Eve (June 28)---that's toDAY.

So what better than this sparkling scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream: The Meeting of Oberon and Titania, by Arthur Rackham.

I posted this scan from a print early last year, but the cyber-sprites seemed to have dropped it from the blog archives. Cheeky little hobgoblins . . .

Flower Faerie

I have many favorite Arthur Rackham illustrations, but this flower faerie is one of my special favorites. It's simple and sweet. 

Sensual Illustrator

Don't get me wrong, just because I have a favorite of something doesn't mean I don't love and adore all the others in the same category.  Arthur Rackham was a very sensual illustrator, depicting faeries more often than fairy tales, or so it seems.