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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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Fairy Tales
20
Young women
12
Tree trunks
11
Fairies
10
Older people
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Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Rip Van Winkle
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Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937. Peter Pan
11
La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de, 1777-1843. Undine
11
Irving, Washington, 1783-1859. Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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Children's book illustrations
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New York (State)
5
England
3
Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
1
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Illustrations
101
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Wallach Division: Picture Collection
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still image
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: Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939
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The Kensington Gardens are in…
Old Mr. Salford was a crab-ap…
Put his strange case before o…
After this the birds said tha…
For years he had been quietly…
Fairies are all more or less …
These tricky fairies sometime…
Peter Pan is the fairies' orc…
A chrysanthemum heard her, an…
Looking very undancey indeed.
Building the house for Maimie.
Fatima at the closet door
Jack the Giant-Killer.
[The princess and the pea.]
["Alas! dear Falada, there th…
["Blow, blow, little breeze, …
Little Thumbling and his brot…
The frog prince.
[The white snake]
["If displeased, however, she…
"The rain always made a point…
["They crowded round him, eye…
["For he would sit on a wet r…
["His son Rip...was generally…
["He found the house gone to …
["They crowed round him, eyei…
[The old woman recognizes Rip]
["He reiterated his visits to…
["So that he was fain to draw…
["Strange names were over the…
["He took his place once more…
"A troop of strange children …
Reciting for their amusement …
Marvellous tales of haunted f…
Bursting forth like a legion …
Sauntering along in the twili…
[The nightmare, with her whol…
Major André's tree
Frequently see strange sights…
Jack sneaks into the giant's …
"A beautiful little girl clad…
He saw by the moonlight momen…
Undine outside the window."
"The knight took the beautifu…
He held up the gold piece, cr…
At length they all pointed th…
"'Little niece,' said Kühlebo…
Bertalda"
"'She hath a mark, like a vio…
Berthalda in the Black Valley…