Alice Beard (American, 1867-1949) Through Fairy Halls Signed 'ALICE BEARD' bottom left, oil on canvas 26 x 23 in. (66 x 58.4cm) Provenance Private Collection, Wisconsin. Footnote: Note The present work served as the cover illustration for Olive Beaupré Miller's eponymous compilation of children tales (My Book House, Vol. 6). Condition report: Frame: 31 1/2 x 28 3/8 in. The relined canvas in overall good condition, with hairline craquelure throughout (all seem stabilized). Examination under UV light reveals remnants of varnish splashes on the children, as well as very minor dots of inpainting at upper left (along top outer edge) as well as at upper right (along top outer edge again). The figures are intact.