Winged fairy with bubble

Watercolour on card, 250 x 175 mm, initialed in ink lower right ‘I.R.O’, housed in a period moulded white timber frame.

A stunning watercolour by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite featuring her most beloved subject, a winged fairy, interacting with a magical bubble.

Outhwaite’s winged fairies feature in some of her most popular books, including Elves and Fairies, Fairyland, and The Little Green Road to Fairyland. Acquired by a Melbourne family in the 1960s, this exquisite work has been held in a private collection for three generations.

Reference:

Muir, Marcie and Holden, Robert. The fairy world of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Sydney : Craftsman House, 1985.

Provenance:

private collection, Melbourne, since the 1960s