They’d Such Very Odd Heads and Such Very Odd Tails - Arthur Rackham Art Print

$50USD
  • Forget cheap copies or printable posters
  • Bold & breathtaking for up to 100 years
  • 3 frame colors — delivered ready to hang
  • True-to-life tones from non-toxic pigment inks
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★★★★★ "Gorgeous print. Brilliant communication!" — Aaron
★★★★★ "Quality and colors outstanding." — Roumayne
★★★★★ "Delighted, all as described." — Clare
★★★★★ "Gorgeous print. Brilliant communication!" — Aaron
★★★★★ "Quality and colors outstanding." — Roumayne
★★★★★ "Delighted, all as described." — Clare
★★★★★ "Gorgeous print. Brilliant communication!" — Aaron
★★★★★ "Quality and colors outstanding." — Roumayne
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About this treasure

Archival-grade fine art paper
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Fine art
Art Print Details

Enhanced Matte Fine Art Prints

• Enhanced matte 200gsm art paper
• Crisp, clean finish and natural white tone
• Lush pigment inks for richer color
• Giclee printing for long-lasting brilliance

Elegant Handcrafted Wooden Frames

• Chevron cut in your choice of 3 chic colors: black, natural and white.
• Ultra-clear perspex glaze
• Frames include 2" / 5cm acid-free matboard
• FSC® certified wood from sustainably managed forests

Artwork Description

A procession of piscine riddles drifts across tarnished ochre, their ribs and whiskers spelling out the language of delirium. Rackham’s imagination splices species until taxonomy dissolves into theatre. Each creature wears a scholar’s expression warped by tide and parody.

Below, stones glint with shells and skulls, a miniature necropolis over which the lizard stretches like the age before laughter. Line becomes current, shadow becomes sediment; nothing rests, everything wriggles toward meaning.

The composition feels both medieval and modern, an illuminated bestiary rewritten for a nervous empire. Humor hides inside anatomy, irony beneath scale and cartilage. Every stroke confesses a fascination with mutation—life sketched between wonder and unease.

Artist Biography

Arthur Rackham (1867–1939) was the magician of Edwardian pages, the English illustrator who turned ink and watercolour into living spells. His tangled lines and spectral washes conjured a world where gnarled trees leaned in to listen, goblins slunk in shadows, and fairies fluttered with equal menace and delight. A master of the Golden Age of British illustration, Rackham brought Rip Van Winkle, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, and the Brothers Grimm into vivid, uncanny bloom. His gift lay in blending northern folklore with the elegance of Japanese woodblocks and the lyricism of Art Nouveau, forever reshaping children’s literature with wonder both eerie and eternal.

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Your new treasure gets produced after you purchase at print labs across the USA, UK, EU & AUS. Significantly minimising landfill waste by only making things people actually want.

Average Production Time

After you purchase, expect your new treasure to be produced, quality checked, packed with care and handed over to trusted shipping carriers within 72-96 hours on average.

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We only make what you truly want. Every piece of wall art is made to order. Handcrafted by specialists at print labs around the world.
Premium art paper. Smooth matte finish. Lush pigment inks. Chevron cut frames. FSC® wood. Ultra-clear perspex glaze. Ready to hang.
Forget 4 color CMYK. Giclée printing layers up to 12 — alive with deeper shadows, richer highlights and multidimensional contrasts.
Pro-lab printing helps your art stay bold & breathtaking for up to 100 yr with non-toxic, archival-grade pigment inks.

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