Once upon a Place: Paintings, Drawings and Notes on Imaginary Places

by Ingpen, Robert R.

• ISBN13: 9780850919097
• ISBN10: 0850919096
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Lothian Pub Co

Summary

Robert Ingpen takes readers to six magical places of "once upon a time" . . . the Tabard Inn where the Canterbury pilgrims assembled, Hamelin town from where the Pied Piper led the children, the Lost World of Arthur Conan Doyle, Tara Hill in Ireland where fabulous banquets were held, and finally, Bong Tree Land, where the "Owl and the Pussycat" once traveled.

Table of Contents

Introduction	5	(1)
An imaginary journey to the places where stories begin
The Tabard Inn	6	(16)
Where the famous pilgrims of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales assembled
Bong Tree Land	22	(4)
Where a now-famous wedding between an elegant owl and a beautiful pussy-cat was celebrated
Hamelin Town	26	(6)
Where one terrible day, long ago, the children of the town were lost forever
The Lost World	32	(6)
Where the dinosaurs roam still
The Banquet Hall on Tara Hill	38	(1)
Where the kings and scribes of Irish folklore held a great banquet