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An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland
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Todd Pearson
San Francisco, CA, United States
David Houston
London, United Kingdom
Simon
London, United Kingdom
Rich M
Mt Airy, MD, United States
Mark W
Baltimore, MD, United States
George Webster
London, United Kingdom
Tom Hart
Providence, RI, United States
Thilde Wolf
Lund, Sweden
Sohraub
Toronto, Canada
Schmudde
Turin, Italy
Originally published in 1917 as a 6-foot-long three-sheet lithograph in scroll form (and subsequently as a reduced-size single sheet circa 1920), An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland by Bernard Sleigh presents a kind of “extended universe” of mythology and fairytales. Narcissus fixates on his reflection in the woods outside of Little Red Riding Hood’s house; Ulysses sails into a cove where Peter Piper and Puss in Boots romp; Lancelot climbs a mountain that also houses the Hydra and Cerberus. The map is framed by tanning mermaids, tricksy fairies, and highly ornamented borders. At its center, on the distant horizon, we find the Moone’s Sphere, circled by enchanted rainbows. Taken as a whole, Sleigh’s vision gives the impression that all human stories, all tales of magic and mystery, are piecemeal fragments from a singular, cohesive landscape. Click here to see details from the image. (Source: Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center)
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