{"product_id":"j-758","title":"1931 Ida Rentoul Outhwaite Fairyland lithograph, rare framed antique artwork","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIda Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd Wept Bitterly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1931, period black-and-white lithographic illustration plate from the first UK edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published by A. \u0026amp; C. Black, London, presented in a later black and gilt frame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The image is a beautifully melancholic example of Outhwaite’s fairy-world imagery, combining delicate linework, windswept landscape and a solitary winged figure to create an atmosphere of enchantment, vulnerability and quiet drama.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e53cm x 45cm frame \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25cm x 19cm artwork\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist biography:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ida Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960) was a Melbourne-born illustrator and one of Australia’s most distinctive artists of the Golden Age of children’s illustration. Beginning her publishing career while still a teenager, she became celebrated for intricate pen-and-ink drawings and watercolours populated by fairies, elves and fantastical beings, often set within recognisably Australian landscapes. She collaborated extensively with her sister Annie Rattray Rentoul and her husband Grenbry Outhwaite, with major publications including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElves and Fairies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1916), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Enchanted Forest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1921), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Little Green Road to Fairyland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1922) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFairyland\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (first published in Melbourne in 1926). Her work was exhibited in Melbourne, London and Paris and remains an important and highly collectable part of Australian illustration history.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woodberry's Vintage Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50390139830529,"sku":null,"price":425.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0763\/7840\/7169\/files\/4C4DD1AD-47EC-420E-80F7-A486E1073A43.jpg?v=1790327872","url":"https:\/\/woodberrys-art.myshopify.com\/products\/j-758","provider":"Woodberry's Vintage Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}