Frog Procession - Animal Friends Art Print Moon Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) left

Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) left an indelible mark on the world of art with her enchanting illustrations and delicate botanical creations for magazines

an insufficiently praised artist

and a hyacinth motif

or any time one wants to say I love you

Frog Procession - Animal Friends Art Print Moon Cicely Mary Barker (1895-1973) leftA grand scene featuring fancy frogs accompanied by rodent attendants. We believe it depicts a story by Ludwig Bechstein (1801 1860), a prolific author and collector of folk fairy tales. His German Fairy Tale Book was even more popular than the Brothers Grimm's collection upon its publication in 1845! While we know significantly less about his son, also named Ludwig Bechstein, we do know that he illustrated this scene and many of his father's fairy