Tinker Bell, the pots and pans fairy, has been envisioned by artists in more varied ways than Peter Pan himself.
J.M. Barrie describes her as "exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf, cut low and square, through which her figure could be seen to best advantage. She was slightly inclined to embonpoint." The French term meaning that she was probably plump and definitely busty, and the description in total implying she is proud of her charms. Artists have interpreted her more or less accordingly, with this less-than-ethereal, utterly 1980s version by Regis Loisel an apt interpretation.
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Regis
Loisel, 1992
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Perhaps his description
seemed too adult for earlier illustrators.
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Marjorie
Torrey, 1957
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Disney's Tinker Bell is
suitably sparkly and bratty, and I like how her wings are animated. I've never
been able to quite get my head around the ballerina bun and shoe
pompons, but this version is actually not far from Barrie's description.
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Disney,
1953
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The omnipresence of
Disney's Tink has not prevented artists from seeing her in guises
from this lovely, if slender, portrayal
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Trina
Schart Hyman, 1980
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to glamorous, ethereal versions
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Anne
Graham Johnstone, 1988
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to modern depiction like this one from Zenescope. Not a traditional portrayal, to be sure, but not as far from
Barrie as one might at first think.
Even before she became the de facto ambassador for Disneyland, Tinker Bell had traveled far from her beginnings as a spot of light projected about a stage.
Shapely and with a mouth like a sailor. Barrie might have had some interesting predilections, no? ;)
ReplyDeleteWhich, as far as I know, he would never have been able to act upon, poor man.
DeleteThat might actually explain the "mouth like a sailor" part.
DeleteI've always found the Disney Tink a tad too narrow in bust to fit Barrie's description. I have always wondered what fetish or social requirements bred that particular look.
ReplyDeleteHer appearance was actually based on that of Margaret Kerry, the actress who "played" her in the film. Kerry was also the inspiration for the red-haired mermaid.
Deletehttp://www.tinkerbelltalks.com/tink.htm
Still not understanding the bun or the pompons, though.
I can see the resemblance, but the delta between hips and chest is super dramatized. With you on the bun and poms, though.
DeleteI'm tempted to say "1953" and leave it at that. Dior's New Look debuted in 1947, and looks like an influence.
Deletehttp://www.vogue.com/voguepedia/New_Look
But the studio started character design in the late 30s, so it might be more like animator Marc Davis's own personal preferences.
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