{"product_id":"j-776","title":"1921 Genuine antique print, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, fairy, gilt framed art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIda Rentoul Outhwaite (1888–1960), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr. Teddy-Bear at Home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 1921 — an original period black-and-white book plate from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Enchanted Forest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published in London by A. \u0026amp; C. Black, presented under glass with a wide cream mount in an ornate gilt timber frame.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The 1921 first edition contained fifteen black-and-white illustrations alongside sixteen tipped-in colour plates. \u003c\/span\u003eA wonderfully whimsical example of Outhwaite’s fairy-world imagery, combining intricate pen work, deep velvety blacks and playful domestic detail as a fairy hangs washing beside the industrious Dr Teddy-Bear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27cm x 22cm frame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16cm x 12cm 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, painter and draughtswoman and is regarded as one of Australia’s most important early fantasy illustrators. Raised in a literary and artistic family, she began publishing illustrations while still a teenager and frequently collaborated with her sister, writer Annie Rattray Rentoul. Her lavishly illustrated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElves and Fairies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e of 1916 established her reputation, and following successful exhibitions in London and Paris she entered into a publishing relationship with A. \u0026amp; C. Black. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Enchanted Forest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e appeared in 1921 with text by her husband Grenbry Outhwaite and became one of the defining publications of her career. Her distinctive combination of European fairy-tale imagery with Australian flora, fauna and imaginative characters made her internationally recognised during the 1920s, and her original drawings and watercolours are now represented in major Australian collections.\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":50459146387713,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0763\/7840\/7169\/files\/FA84E647-7FDD-4AC3-AA11-5C7BFD6EB5BE.png?v=1790928849","url":"https:\/\/woodberrys-art.myshopify.com\/products\/j-776","provider":"Woodberry's Vintage Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}