Mopsa the Fairy (1927)

Designs by Dugald Stewart Walker

 

 

To the left is shown a rare copy of Mopsa the Fairy

by Jean Ingelow - illustrated by Dugald Walker - as

published by The MacMillan Company (New York)

in 1927.

 

This example retains the original decoratively

black-stamped blue cloth cover.

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the right, we show the Title Page for this

Edition, as illustrated by Dugald Walker.

 

Mopsa the Fairy is a tale by Jean Ingelow, a well-regarded English writer during the Victorian age - it is, perhaps, her most

well known work.

 

Throughout Mopsa the Fairy, Ingelow takes the reader on a journey of pure fantasy involving a boy (Jack), his discovery

of a nest of Fairies his ride to Fairyland on an albatross, his friendship with Mopsa the Fairy and time exploring Fairyland.

In its dreamlike elements, Mopsa the Fairy is similar to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, but in contrast to that work by

Carroll, it is softer and more romantic.

 

Dugald Walker's illustrations for Mopsa the Fairy are gorgeous - he supplied a suite of colour, and monotone illustrations

(including chapter headings, marginalia and decorated letters) for this commission.

 

 

Our Greeting Cards and Reproduction Prints

 

 

For connoisseurs of Walker's work, we have prepared sets of 17 Greeting Cards displaying the major monotone images from his designs for Mopsa the Fairy and on the left, we show an example of how these Greeting Cards appear.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Code: DW MF MS(17)
Price: US$75.00

 

When presented on Greeting Cards, these images are prepared as tipped-on plates - in hommage to the hand-crafted

approach typical of prestige illustrated publications produced in the early decades of the 20th Century. Each card is

hand-finished and the images are presented on White card stock with an accompanying envelope. The rear of each

card carries information about Dugald Walker, this wonderful suite and the profiled illustration - we have left the

interior of the cards blank so that you may write your own personal message.

 

Should you wish to order a Reproduction Print of one or more of these images, we have provided some options below.

Each of these large format prints is also accompanied by information about Dugald Walker, this suite and the profiled

illustration.

 

To purchase, simply click on the appropriate "Add to Cart" button and you will be taken through to our Shopping Cart

secured through PayPal. Multiple purchases will be consolidated by that feature and shipping and handling costs to any

destination in the world are accommodated by our flat-rate fee of US$20 for every US$200 worth of purchases.

 

Of course, should you wish to discuss some customised options, we welcome your contact on any matter through

ThePeople@SpiritoftheAges.com.

 

In the meantime, enjoy perusing these wonderful images from Dugald Walker.

 

 

The colour illustration

 

Complete image

The Queen Went Floating Down the River

Detail (for reference)

  

Greeting Card

Code: DW MF C1 C
Price: US$5.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF C1 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The major monotone illustrations

 

Above the Clouds

"I hope I have not hurt you, William,"

said the albatross.

 

Winding-up Time

"Then are you wound up every evening,

like watches?"

 

 

Bees and Other Fellow Creatures

"What'll you buy? What'll you buy, sir?"

 

The Parrot in His Shawl

"You look charming, my dear; it fits well."

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M1 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M2 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M3 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M4 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

The Parrot in His Shawl

"All fairies have two forms."

 

 

The Town with Nobody in It

So they made themselves invisible.

Half-a-Crown

"Jack kissed me, and I want to sit

on his knee."

A Story

And your love its thread of gold.

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M5 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M6 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M7 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M8 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

A Story

When they came up again they were ducks.

 

 

After the Party

Don't let her see us talking together.

After the Party

"The fatal F is in her name,

and I cannot take it out."

Mopsa Learns Her Letters

Jack called, "Somebody else may do

the rest of this dream. I shall jump

overboard."

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M9 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M10 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M11 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M12 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

They Run Away From Old Mother Fate

"We are only people two hours out of the

twenty-four."

 

 

Melon Seeds

Then all the shooting fairies came round it.

Reeds and Rushes

He began to consider that it was no use

being cross in fairyland.

Failure

"I am come to give you back your kiss."

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M13 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M14 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M15 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M16 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 
     

Failure

Long the lady feedeth her flock at noon.

 

 

      

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: DW MF M17 (12x18)
Price: US$60.00

 

 

      

 

 

 

The monotone End Papers

 

   

End Papers

 

(Presented as a diptych)

 

 

    

A pair of reproductions on 12x18'' sheets

Code: DW MF EP1|2 (12x18)
Price: US$120.00