Tag: Joseph Noel Paton

Fairies here and fairies there on each and every wall of your drawing room. Like living inside Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s dream.” Two by Scottish fantasy artist Sir Joseph Noel Paton. One by someone else. Mid 19th century when fairy pictures were in.

Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Mid 19th c. Print.
Puck and Fairies, from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” ca. 1850. Scottish. Oil on millboard. Sir Joseph Noel Paton, artist (1821-1901). Collection of the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven. In the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1924. via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joseph_Noel_Paton_-_Puck_and_Fairies,_from_%22A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream%22_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
"The Fairy Raid: Carrying off a Changeling - Midsummer Eve." 1867.
“The Fairy Raid: Carrying off a Changeling – Midsummer Eve.” 1867. Sir Joseph Noel Paton, artist (1821-1901). In the public domain due to age. via https://pixels.com/featured/the-fairy-raid-sir-joseph-noel-paton.html
The Midsummer Night's Fairies exhibited 1847 by Robert Huskisson ?1820-1861
“The Midsummer Night’s Fairies.” Exhibited in 1847. British. Robert Huskisson, artist (ca. 1821-1861). Collection of the Tate Gallery, London. Cc0 License 3.0. via https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/huskisson-the-midsummer-nights-fairies-t01901

People with wings, all just a little too edgy to be your standard Victorian thing. Sir Joseph Noel Paton, fantasy artist (1821-1901). Scottish.

"Under the Sea II." Undated.
“Under the Sea II.” Undated. Oil. In the public domain in the United States because the artist has been dead over 70 years. via https://fineartamerica.com/featured/under-the-sea-ii-joseph-noel-paton.html
"Fairies." Undated.
“Fairies.” Undated. In the public domain in the United States because the artist died over 70 years ago. via https://www.chrisbeetles.com/artists/paton-sir-joseph-noel-rsa-1821-1901.html
"Satan Watching the Sleep of Christ." 1874.
“Satan Watching the Sleep of Christ.” 1874. Oil. Collection of the Kirkcaldy Galleries, Kirkcaldy. Image © Art UK. Photo credit: Fife Council. Fair use license. via https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/satan-watching-the-sleep-of-christ-124832