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Description
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
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0108230-c5b9-012f-ed50-58d385a7bc34
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Boys
Clothing & dress
37
Girls
24
Children
18
Nursery rhymes
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Greenaway, Kate, 1846-1901
18
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
15
Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924. Little Lord Fauntleroy
13
Birch, Reginald B., 1856-1943
11
Smith, Jessie Willcox, 1863-1935
9
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Children's book illustrations
place
England
7
Germany
5
Switzerland
1
genre
Illustrations
86
Prints
1
publisher
Gutmann & Gutmann
1
division
Wallach Division: Picture Collection
86
type
still image
86
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The little boys and girls ran…
The wonderful music with shou…
ith rosy cheeks and flaxen cu…
Tripping.
Ran merrily after.
[The boy on his crutches.]
"'I used to think I might per…
"'Just lean on me,' said Litt…
"I've a great deal to thank y…
Lord Fauntleroy makes a speec…
"'Shall I be your boy, even i…
"'My grandfather says these a…
"'I was thinking how beautifu…
Up the lad has to get, and my…
The workmen liked to see him …
"The big cat was purring in d…
Dick boards the steamer to bi…
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
He was the man who had spoken…
He stood near the iron railin…
"The child's strong, little b…
His father made the pictures …
Zu dem Märchen: Der Faule und…
In a short time he had no mor…
Little Thumbling and his brot…
Don't be afraid, boys.
The little old man, three wit…
Buster John shaking hands wit…
"You can have that, I have pl…
"Put your foot down firmly on…
Heidi and her friend.
Boy with a lamb.
Milking the goat.
A boy playing.
When I was sick and lay a-bed…
When I am grown to man's esta…
Does it hurt?" asked the boy.
Looking out a window.
Young Walter listening to the…
This I spent in going to scho…
My purse is almost empty.
Nelly's company.
The naughty cat.
Quarrelsome children in contr…
Children counting money.
Little boy with an elf.
Children picking berries.
The two went and stood side b…
I think thou callest thyself …