The Gates of Fairyland
after Margaret Winifred Tarrant (Battersea 1888 – Cornwall 1959)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper, wood and glass
Measurements
198 x 147 mm
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 23183
Summary
Print, coloured, The Gates of Fairyland after Margaret Winifred Tarrant (Margate 1888 – 1959). Coloured print in a gilded frame of The Gates of Fairyland after Margaret W. Tarrant. Picture shows two children looking at characters from fairy stories. On the reverse in the top left corner is written; 4/-. A paper label reads; Here be the gates of Fairyland / We can wander the whole night through / In a land of dreams where everything seems / More true than the day is true. / Here's Cinderella, The Babes in the Wood, / Snow White, and Red Rose and dear Riding Hood. / So we play the whole night, but we wake up in bed / And no one but we can tell how the night sped. A second paper label reads; THE GATES OF FAIRYLAND / After the water-colour drawing / by Margaret W. Tarrant. A third label reads; ELAND BROTHERS, / Fine Art Dealers, / Picture Frame Makers, / HIGH STREET., EXETER.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters
Makers and roles
after Margaret Winifred Tarrant (Battersea 1888 – Cornwall 1959), artist