DOI issue:
No. 345 (December 1921)
DOI article:Studio-talk
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21393#0294
STUDIO-TALK
trations we give of the work of Sir Nevile
Wilkinson, K.C.V.O., is not at first very
apparent. The first gives the interior
view of the first completed part of
Titania's Palace," which was recently
exhibited at the Royal Society of Miniature
Painters, of which Sir Nevile is a Vice-
President. The second represents the
lower part of the trunk of a sycamore,
with a laurel bush growing at its foot.
The full story of the connection between
the two is given in " Yvette in Italy," a
tale for children with many illustrations,
which will shortly be issued by the
Chiswick Press. In the story we are told
how the Fairy Queen, Titania, discovers
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INTERIOR OF PART OF "TITANIA'S
PALACE." BY SIR NEVILE WIL-
KINSON, K.C.V.O., V.P.R.M.S.
that children prefer things they can
actually touch and handle to imaginary
dances round fairy rings and such like.
So in consultation with Oberon, she comes
to the conclusion that in order to stimulate
interest in their doings, they must have
a palace, which will be exhibited some-
where where children can see it. Their
country home at the foot of a sycamore
no longer arouses sufficient interest, but
the Queen commissions one of her friends
to draw her a picture of their old dwelling
place in the fairy wood. The palace is
put in hand under her directions by the
same friend, who is also the writer of the
book. The profits from the sale of the
trations we give of the work of Sir Nevile
Wilkinson, K.C.V.O., is not at first very
apparent. The first gives the interior
view of the first completed part of
Titania's Palace," which was recently
exhibited at the Royal Society of Miniature
Painters, of which Sir Nevile is a Vice-
President. The second represents the
lower part of the trunk of a sycamore,
with a laurel bush growing at its foot.
The full story of the connection between
the two is given in " Yvette in Italy," a
tale for children with many illustrations,
which will shortly be issued by the
Chiswick Press. In the story we are told
how the Fairy Queen, Titania, discovers
278
INTERIOR OF PART OF "TITANIA'S
PALACE." BY SIR NEVILE WIL-
KINSON, K.C.V.O., V.P.R.M.S.
that children prefer things they can
actually touch and handle to imaginary
dances round fairy rings and such like.
So in consultation with Oberon, she comes
to the conclusion that in order to stimulate
interest in their doings, they must have
a palace, which will be exhibited some-
where where children can see it. Their
country home at the foot of a sycamore
no longer arouses sufficient interest, but
the Queen commissions one of her friends
to draw her a picture of their old dwelling
place in the fairy wood. The palace is
put in hand under her directions by the
same friend, who is also the writer of the
book. The profits from the sale of the