from 'In Fairyland' published 1870, with poems by William Allingham
(RARE) vintage print - "this is part of the Triumphal Progress - but owing to the delay caused by the tricks and gambols of the Elves*, and the practical jokes of some of the birds, they have been left behind by the rest of the Procession" ! *(I can count 20 adorable elves...)
Illustration by Richard Doyle (1824-1883)
Size of image: 6 x 14.5 ins. (with wide enough margins for mounting and framing)
some mild age marks, but it is over 150 years old.