'The Fairy Glen' Seven slides assembled from different sources Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames, with one additional effect slide. Makers and dimensions as shown. 'Gipsy camp' [day] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Gipsy camp' [moonlight] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Cherubs effect' W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Flowers' W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Fairy effect' [fairy appears vertically] W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), vertical-action lever 'Fly on peach' W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Morning Sunrise Angel' Newton & Co, London, ( 10 x 4 1/4 x 3/8 inches) *Notes- It was particularly during the Victorian period that many famous artists used their skill to enchant the viewer with their dreamy fairy paintings. This delightful and complex dissolve set of hand painted slides exemplifies this art form. It provides an imaginative view into this normally hidden world. As dusk falls a group of fairies slowly emerge from the floral canopy and hover above, as they disappear they are replaced by the Fairy Queen to reign supreme.
'The Fairy Glen' Seven slides assembled from different sources Single hand-painted glass slides in wooden frames, with one additional effect slide. Makers and dimensions as shown. 'Gipsy camp' [day] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Gipsy camp' [moonlight] Maker unknown (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Cherubs effect' W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Flowers' W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Fairy effect' [fairy appears vertically] W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/4 inches), vertical-action lever 'Fly on peach' W.C. Hughes, London (7 x 4 1/2 x 3/8 inches) 'Morning Sunrise Angel' Newton & Co, London, ( 10 x 4 1/4 x 3/8 inches) *Notes- It was particularly during the Victorian period that many famous artists used their skill to enchant the viewer with their dreamy fairy paintings. This delightful and complex dissolve set of hand painted slides exemplifies this art form. It provides an imaginative view into this normally hidden world. As dusk falls a group of fairies slowly emerge from the floral canopy and hover above, as they disappear they are replaced by the Fairy Queen to reign supreme.
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