Vintage print (chromolithograph) from 'In Fairyland'*, published 1870
*a poem by William Allingham
Illustrated by Richard Doyle (1824-1883). ('a series of pictures from the Elf World...')
"amongst the sports and pastimes of the Little People, there was once upon a time a great race of all the swiftest snails in Fairyland" = 9 snails and 10 adorable little elves!
Size: 36 x 10 cms. some minor foxing, but outside image. (this print is over 150 years old...) Would look delightful mounted & framed.