Lot 116: John Anster Fitzgerald (1823-1906)

The Harebell: Fairies walking along a stem bearing a garland
signed 'J.A. Fitzgerald.' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour on buff coloured oatmeal paper
10 5/8 x 16 3/4 in. (27 x 42.5 cm.)

Fitzgerald was one of the most important exponents of the phenomenon of Fairy Painting, which seized the popular imagination in the Victorian era. He was represented by more works than any other artist in the major exhibition devoted to the subject that opened at the Royal Academy in 1997 and was subsequently seen in Canada and the United States.

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