Flower Fairies of the Wayside

Flower Fairies of the Wayside
(England, 1940s - 1950s)

Background

Cicely Mary Barker, English poet and artist, authored the first of the Flower Fairy books in 1923. The series features delightful illustrations of fairies with flowers of various seasons, gardens and trees. Accompanying each illustration is a poem authored by Barker about the flower.

The Flower Fairies of the Wayside was first published in 1948. The prints presented here are original color plates that appeared in early editions of this series, dating from the 1940s through the 1950s.

Type of print: Original color prints over 50 years old