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estock
Unregistered User
(12/29/04 8:46 pm)
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Viola Tricolor lithographs
I purchased two lithographs a few years ago at an antique store. They were labeled "Viola Tricolor" lithograph c1860 paris. They are illustrations of human bodies with flower faces. Does anyone know anything about them? I am assuming they must be some type of fairy tale...
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bluevelvetfaerie
Unregistered User
(1/5/05 1:21 am)
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Viola tricolor
It is possible the print you refer to is by J.J. Grandville. Here's a link:
www.philaprintshop.com/grandvil.html
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judithwq
Registered User
(1/7/05 7:21 pm)
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Re: Viola tricolor
Viola Tricolor is actually the latin name for one of the wild violets, blue violet leaf, a medicinal plant. Many herbalists believe that the plants have fairies or devas (spirits) that live in them and perhaps this print you found simply illustrates the fairy of the plant. It may not refer to a figure in a fairy tale.
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Black Sheep
Registered User
(1/8/05 2:51 pm)
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Flower fairies?
Can anyone recommend a good introduction to (the history of) representations of flower fairies in tales/stories/fiction?
I always think of the talking flowers in "Alice Through the Looking Glass" but there must have been lots of others.
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Connie
Unregistered User
(1/14/05 9:10 am)
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Flower fairies?
I don't know about a history of flower fairies but there is an interesting scene in the Snow Queen with talking flowers. The heroine is walking through a garden and the flowers are all telling her stories (that have to do with their coloring). The one I remember is the Tiger Lily who talks about a woman committing suttee - color and shape of the petals echoing the flames of the fire.
Connie
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