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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
(Approximate)
Library locations
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
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0108230-c5b9-012f-ed50-58d385a7bc34
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Fairies
Fairy Tales
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Birds
4
Butterflies
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Cinderella (Tale)
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Cox, Palmer, 1840-1924
10
Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939
10
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937. Peter Pan
7
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
7
Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883
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Children's book illustrations
place
New York (State)
2
England
1
London
1
New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
1
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Illustrations
58
Prints
1
division
Wallach Division: Picture Collection
58
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still image
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The goloshes of Fortune.
The Kensington Gardens are in…
Old Mr. Salford was a crab-ap…
Fairies are all more or less …
These tricky fairies sometime…
Peter Pan is the fairies' orc…
Building the house for Maimie.
Peter Pan and Tinkerbell with…
he found herself face to face…
And her godmother pointed to …
Cinderella
Cinderella and her fairy godm…
["Now Cinderella, here's your…
The brownies.
[The brownies fishing]
[The brownies' snow man]
And next, the brownies gather…
The brownies' ride.
The brownies' ride.
The brownies' feast.
[The Brownies' feast.]
Palmer Cox's famous Brownie b…
The Brownies visit the goddes…
"A little fairy comes at nigh…
Little Mr. Thimblefinger.
Sauntering along in the twili…
Frequently see strange sights…
He watched the moonlight on t…
He...made up his mind that th…
He saw the fairies come up fr…
But the fairies took to the w…
The fairies seven.
Tom Thumb hitches a ride on a…
Tom's christening attended by…
"The Fairy Ring was thronged …
Stealing.
Elf and owls.
Dressing the Baby-Elves.
The Fairy Queen's messenger.
The Elf-King asleep.
Triumphal march of the Elf-Ki…
The Fairy Queen takes an airy…
Children eating in a garden.
Little boy with an elf.
Children picking berries.
Why," exclaimed Fairyfoot "I'…
A floral fantasy in an old En…
Of old in Rosamond's Bower, w…
We can talk over sops-in-wine…
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