A Fairy Tale by Arthur Wardle

A Fairy Tale by Arthur Wardle

A Fairy Tale by Arthur Wardle RBI RBA, 1864-1949. Oil on canvas. 115 x 165 centimetres.

"All seemed to Sleep, the timid Hare on Form" -- Scott. Exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1895 (no. 222).

The artrist's well-known skill at drawing and painting animals here plays a part in a late example of fairy painting.