Drawings and Water Colours / WD457 Boy on the Back of a Dragonfly 1866 Watercolour on thick rag paper 361 x 234 mm.Bequest: George Powell 1882This Watercolour possibly illustrates the Icelandic Legend called 'Katla's Dream'
show object description Mythical / fantastical illustration, a boy on the back of a dragonfly. A nude boy / youth, holding a lyre and wearing a spiked headband, rides on the back of a giant dragonfly. In the background are dramatic rugged mountains lit by downward shafts of light. Watercolour with body colour. Fine detail for boy and dragonfly
Mythical / fantastical illustration, a boy on the back of a dragonfly. A nude boy / youth, holding a lyre and wearing a spiked headband, rides on the back of a giant dragonfly. In the background are dramatic rugged mountains lit by downward shafts of light. Watercolour with body colour. Fine detail for boy and dragonfly --other objects by this Artist/Maker-- (Prints1860s) PL4953 A Laplander's Song
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