Kingdoms of Elfin

Why had I not heard of Warwick Goble (1862-1943)?  He was a close contemporary of Arthur Rackham's (1867-1939), and by unheavens, he did some gorgeous stuff.






Bird of Paradise
 
The Star Lovers
 






Moon Maiden
 
Espousal of the Rat's Daughter
 






The Vearies
 
Beechmast
 



 


"Sea nymphs hourly ring his knell..."
 
 




I stumbled on the "Star Lovers" while looking for images to jigsaw from Trina Schart Hyman's second Snow White, and thought, Oooh.  If there's ever a Japanese retelling of Cloud & Ashes...

Go, play with the linked galleries.  For lovers of Powell & Pressburger, there's a wonderful "Kelpie of Corryvreckan," illustrating a poem by Charles MacKay:


He mounted his steed of the water clear,
And sat on his saddle of sea-weed sere;
He held his bridle of strings of pearl,
Dug out of the depths where the sea-snakes curl...

Nine