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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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Clothing & dress
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Fairy Tales
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Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
32
Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
32
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Pied Piper of Hamelin
17
Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
12
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
7
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Children's book illustrations
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Germany
16
England
15
France
2
United States
2
Brittany
1
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Illustrations
92
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Wallach Division: Picture Collection
92
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still image
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A Apple Pie
B Bit It
D Dealt It
F Fought for It
K Knelt for It
M Mourned for It
Q Quartered it.
He would live in the kennel t…
[The Pied Piper of Hamelin.]
The little boys and girls ran…
The wonderful music with shou…
At last the people in a body …
A wondrous portal opened wide.
[The wonderful music with sho…
All the little boys and girls.
And skipping.
That seemed like a bustling.
Pied piper of Hamelin.
Once more he stept into the s…
Little hands clapping and lit…
ith rosy cheeks and flaxen cu…
Tripping.
Ran merrily after.
The Mayor was dumb, and the C…
[The boy on his crutches.]
"I've a great deal to thank y…
Little Lord Fauntleroy
m
With lippes as cold as any st…
Der Struwwelpeter.
Struwwelpeter
Die Geschichte vom bösen Frie…
[Die Geschichte vom bösen Fri…
Die gar traurige Geschichte m…
Die geschichte von den schwar…
Procession of sinners lead by…
In hopes that St. Nicholas so…
Down the mountain they shot l…
Heidi dressing.
Heidi being carried.
Heidi and her friend.
Boy with a lamb.
Milking the goat.
Heidi.
Child seated on floor with ey…
Looking-glass river.
The three bears.
But some one lies on mine!"
My purse is almost empty.
Mother's pet.
Three times 6 are 18.