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Perhaps Barker didn’t want to mention anything which impinged on the childhood innocence and playfulness of her vision of fairy-land. The text of this posting is adapted from the relevant chapter of my book on twentieth century faery art. One author has described one of the alphabet fairies as follows: “The more mystical and sensual side of fairy-land is epitomised by the Jasmine fairy. It is one of my favourite flower fairy designs and the little rose fairy in the painting looks just like my two year old granddaughter.Perhaps because of this, one biographer has contrasted Barker’s with Margaret Tarrant’s fairies saying that the latter look “more elfin, rather than real children. Since their first publication in 1923, Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies have enchanted both adults and children alike around the world. Nonetheless, even in this simple and innocent world, though, there is just a hint of another Faerie. She became a professional illustrator from the age of twenty, thereafter being able to support herself and her family from her earnings- a remarkable achievement for one so young and a testament to her artistic (and probably commercial) abilities.

Cicely Barker’s first fairy themed work appeared in 1918, a set of postcards titled Elves and Fairies, which took its title from Ida Rentoul Outhwaite’s book of 1916. Fellow artist Margaret Tarrant (see earlier) was another significant influence- the two were friends and may have encouraged and inspired each other- to the extent that Barker depicted Tarrant as the Apple Blossom fairy in her Flower Fairy Alphabet.There are fairies from winter, spring, summer and autumn represented in these pages; can you imagine anything more magical than a year’s worth of fairy friends to enjoy? With her father’s help, young Cicely sold her first postcard design in 1910, her first book illustrations were published in 1911 and her first poetry appeared in magazines and annuals in 1912. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy.