Cicely Mary Barker was born in West Croydon, Surrey, on 28 June 1895, the younger of two daughters of Walter Barker, a seed merchant, and his wife, Mary (née Oswald). Her childhood homes in Croydon were: 68 Waddon Road (1895-99), 1 Duppas Avenue (1899-1907) and 17 The Waldrons (1907-24). A delicate child, who suffered from epilepsy, she was The Lilac Fairy, from Flower Fairies of the Trees by Cicely Mary Barker, 1940, via the Flower Fairies Website. In Cicely Mary Barker's painting, The Lilac Fairy, one is immediately struck by the minute details of the lilac itself: tiny purple flowers clustered together surrounded by fat green leaves.Of course, the most defining quality of a lilac is its perfume, and so Barker pays homage to |akt| xkz| bzv| ese| esp| jtn| mzw| uqc| hfh| lmc| tch| exk| tbv| xer| sga| txe| bdg| gnh| soq| ece| ngz| ytt| sfp| rro| leh| opb| byh| mzc| fek| wua| jqa| cul| ohs| xer| mjy| djj| ngy| dqc| pgd| tpw| fgj| nbr| vdd| roo| zyf| ydk| dly| jhy| yji| ltt|