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Frances Brundage (June 28, 1854 – March 28, 1937)
American illustrator best known for her depictions of attractive and endearing children on postcards, valentines, calendars, and other ephemera published by Raphael Tuck & Sons, Samuel Gabriel Company, and Saalfield Publishing.
In addition to ephemera, Brundage illustrated children’s classics such as the novels of Louisa May Alcott, Johanna Spyri, and Robert Louis Stevenson, and traditional literary collections such as The Arabian Nights and the stories of King Arthur and Robin Hood. (Wikipedia)
From our stacks: Illustration from Andersen’s Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen. With One Hundred Illustrations by Frances Brundage. Akron, Ohio: The Saalfield Publishing Company, 1925.
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Tales from Tennyson told by Nora Chesson
Source : archive.org
1900
Artist : Frances Brundage
The Lily Maid
#alfred lord tennyson#alfred tennyson#1800#the lily maid#lilies#lily#maid#arthurian legend#arthurian mythology#arthurian literature#children's literature#children's books#vintage illustration#old illustration#shield#bouclier#écu#lady#middle age#moyen âge#medieval#white flowers#flowers#lion#armoiries#crest#lis#lys#frances brundage
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The Light
.c. 1920
Artist : Fritz Gareis (1872-1925)
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White-Bear-King-Valemon
1912
Artist : Theodor Kittelsen (1857-1914)
#theodor kittelsen#norway#folklore#legend#légende#mythology#fairy tale#norse mythology#saga#1912#king bear#white bear
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Angel on the Roof
Artist : Charles Altamont Doyle (1832-1893)
#charles altamont doyle#angel#roof#blue#pen#ink#watercolour#watercolor#wings#melancoly#melancolia#loneliness#lonely#night#nuit#bleu#ange#solitude#solitary#nocturne#nocturnal
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
1909
London
Hodder & Stoughton
Artist : Edmond Dulac
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
rendered into english verse by Edward Fitzgerald
Hodder & Stoughton
1913
Artist : Rene Bull
#rene bull#omar khayyam#the rubaiyat#english verse#verse#occulltism#mystery#magnificence#oriental magnificence#imagination#poem#persian design#beautiful art#1913#golden age of illustration#love#amour#moon#lune#nuit#palace#palais#flowers#british artist#art#orientalism
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Aus deutscher Märchenwelt
1902
Artist : Ernst Liebermann
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Mein Märchenbilderbuch
1921
Dornröschen
Artist : Gertrud Caspari
#dornröschen#sleeping beauty#la belle au bois dormant#gertrud caspari#1921#kinderbuch#children's literature#fairy tale#children's illustration#children's books#vintage illustration#fairy story#children's book#fairy tales#old illustration#fairy#fairies
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Das deutsche Bilderbuch n. 4
gez. von Arpad Schmidhammer
1904/1910
Artist : Joseph Scholz
Rotkäppchen
#little red riding hood#le petit chaperon rouge#rotkäppchen#joseph scholz#josef scholz#early 2000s#children's literature#fairy tale#children's illustration#children's books#vintage illustration#fairy story#children's book#fairy tales#old illustration#kinderbuch#wolf#big bad wolf#bad wolf
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Watching the Fairies
1925
Artist : Beatrice Goldsmith (1895-1947)
#beatrice goldsmith#1925#Fairies#watching the fairies#vintage illustration#fairyland#fairy tale#fairy story#night#wood
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Spirit of the Bee-Hive
Artist : Andreas Duncan Carse (1876-1938)
#english artist#watercolour#paperboard#pen#ink#fairy#fairies#andreas duncan carse#a. duncan carse#fairy folk#fairy tale#bee#bees#abeille#ruche#fée#conte#fleurs#flowers#original work
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Artist : Luigi Maria Brunelli (1883-1976)
#luigi maria brunelli#luigi brunelli#milan#1901#milano#italian art#art nouveau#jugendstil#kunst#art#arte#musique#novissima#musical instruments#cithare#sky#stars#étoiles#firmament#night#sorgue#nuit#black night
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The Little Glass Slipper
1922
Artist : Harry Clarke (1889-1931)
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David Durall
"Amour"
via Anartist
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Stories from Hans Andersen
1951
Blackie & Son
Artist : Barbara C. Freeman
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Melchior Lechter, Orpheus, 1896
#melchior lechter#orpheus#orphée#greek mythology#greek literature#greek legend#1896#black flowers#dark woods#dark forest#forêt
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