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The Fairy Tale
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Boughton spent most of his career in England but owed much of his financial success to works aimed at the American market. He was particularly well known for Puritan subjects drawn from popular and literary sources. Late in his career, he furnished illustrations for editions of Washington Irving's "Rip van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (published in 1907) and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Scarlet Letter" (published in 1908). While the subject of "The Fairy Tale" is story-telling itself rather than any particular work of literature, its style relates closely to these late works.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. Walters, Baltimore, ca. 1890, by purchase [from the artist]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2010 | Great Illustrations: Drawings and Books from the Walters' Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 2006 | A Child's-Eye View. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
| 1983 | A Connoisseur's Portfolio: Nineteenth-century Drawings and Watercolors in the Walters Art Gallery. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
United Kingdom, England (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 14 1/2 x W: 10 9/16 in. (36.9 x 26.9 cm); Framed H: 24 1/2 x W: 20 1/2 in. (62.23 x 52.07 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, ca. 1890
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.958