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Almost 2000 images illustrating classic tales told to children, drawn from relevant subject headings in the Picture Collection Reference files: Book illustrations, Nursery rhymes, Fairies, Illustrations, Children, Boys, and Girls.
Dates / Origin
Date Created:
1800 - 1923
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Topics
Picture books for children
Childrens books
Genres
Illustrations
Type of Resource
Still image
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Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0108230-c5b9-012f-ed50-58d385a7bc34
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Fables
Wolves
14
Lions
12
Foxes
11
Animals in human situations
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La Fontaine, Jean de, 1621-1695. Fables
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Tenniel, John, 1820-1914
32
Billinghurst, Percy J., 1871-1933
31
Griset, Ernest Henry, 1844-1907
21
Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883
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Children's book illustrations
place
France
4
genre
Illustrations
125
Prints
2
Cutouts
1
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Wallach Division: Picture Collection
125
type
still image
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[The dog invited to supper]
[L'Huitre et les plaideurs]
[Le corbeau et le renard]
[Le savetier et le financier]
[L'Ours et les deux compagnon…
[Un fou et un sage]
La grenouille qui veut se fai…
La besace.
Le lion et l'ane chassant.
L'Ane vêtu de la peau du lion.
L'Oiseau blessé d'une flêche.
L'Aigle la laie et la chatte.
Le mulet se vantant de sa gén…
Le loup devenue berger.
La cour du lion.
The angler and the little fis…
The animals sick of the plagu…
The ape.
The ass and his driver.
The ass in the lion's skin.
The ass loaded with sponges.
[The bear and the two travele…
L'Ours et l'amateur des jardi…
The travellers and the bear.
The bundle of sticks.
The carter in the mire.
The cat and the fox.
The cat and the two sparrow.
Le coq et le renard.
Le corbeau voulant imiter l'a…
The countryman and the snake.
The dog and his shadow.
The dog and the shadow.
The dog and the shadow.
The dog in the manger.
The eagle and the owl.
Education.
Le fou qui vend la sagesse.
The fool who sold wisdom.
Fortune and the boy.
The fox and the crow.
The fox and the goat.
The fox and the mask.
[The cock and the fox]
The fox and the stork.
The fox and the turkeys.
The fox the wolf and the hors…
The fox without a tail.
The quack frog.
The sun and the frogs.