Fairies in a Bird’s Nest

John Anster Fitzgerald

Painted

c. 1860

Collection

Private collection

Fairies have settled inside a bird’s nest. Using the nest as a cradle was an idea Fitzgerald returned to repeatedly, and several pictures on the same theme survive. The twigs of the nest radiate outward, so once you have the direction right the pieces follow one another readily.

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