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Book illustrations -- ABC books
32
Book illustrations -- Andersen
6
Book illustrations -- Arabian nights
36
Book illustrations -- Arthurian romances
21
Book illustrations -- Barrie -- Peter Pan
18
Book illustrations -- Beauty and the beast
9
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27
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59
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27
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15
Book illustrations -- Burnett -- Lost prince
4
Book illustrations -- Carroll
7
Book illustrations -- Cinderella
27
Book illustrations -- Clemens -- Mysterious stranger
3
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11
Book illustrations -- Defoe -- Robinson Crusoe
66
Book illustrations -- Eulenspiegel
15
Book illustrations -- Fables
17
Book illustrations -- Fables -- A-D
20
Book illustrations -- Fables -- E-H
34
Book illustrations -- Fables -- I-P
30
Book illustrations -- Fables -- Q-T
12
Book illustrations -- Fables -- U-Z
19
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales
59
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Babes in the wood
28
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Brother and sister
4
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Golden goose
4
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Goose girl
7
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Hop o' my thumb
13
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Lang
11
Book illustrations -- Fairy tales -- Rumpelstiltskin
6
Book illustrations -- Frog prince
7
Book illustrations -- Grimm
51
Book illustrations -- Hansel and Gretel
4
Book illustrations -- Harris -- Little Mr. Thimblefinger
10
Book illustrations -- Harris -- Uncle Remus
5
Book illustrations -- Hawthorne -- Wonder book
6
Book illustrations -- Hoffmann -- Struwwelpeter
14
Book illustrations -- Irving - Rip Van Winkle
28
Book illustrations -- Irving - Sleepy Hollow
20
Book illustrations -- Jack and the beanstalk
11
Book illustrations -- King Nutcracker
9
Book illustrations -- Kingsley -- Water Babies
18
Book Illustrations -- Kingsley -- Westward ho!
16
Book illustrations -- Kipling
2
Book illustrations -- La Motte-Fouqué -- Undine
15
Book illustrations -- Lear -- Nonsense songs
4
Book illustrations -- Little Red Riding Hood
32
Book illustrations -- Night before Christmas
10
Book illustrations -- Omar Khayyam
17
Book illustrations -- Pinocchio
13
Book illustrations -- Potter
43
Book illustrations -- Potter -- Peter Rabbit
14
Book illustrations -- Puss in boots
18
Book illustrations -- Robin Hood
13
Book illustrations -- Sleeping beauty
17
Book illustrations -- Snow White
4
Book illustrations -- Spyri -- Heidi
34
Book illustrations -- Stevenson -- Black arrow
8
Book illustrations -- Stevenson -- Child's garden of verses
10
Book illustrations -- Stevenson -- Kidnapped
7
Book illustrations -- Stevenson -- Treasure Island
4
Book illustrations -- Three bears
18
Book illustrations -- Three little pigs
9
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7
Book illustrations -- Wizard of Oz
17
Books -- 1800s
4
Boys
4
Children -- 1800s
19
Children -- Playing
5
Fairies
11
Girls
3
Illustrations -- A-Z
9
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8
Illustrations -- Boutet de Monvel
5
Illustrations -- Brooke -- Johnny Crow's garden
8
Illustrations -- Brooke -- Tailor and the crow
9
Illustrations -- Caldecott
4
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Baby bunting
6
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Come lasses and lads
12
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Diverting history of John Gilpin
16
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Elegy on the death of a mad dog
17
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Elegy on the glory of her sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize
12
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Farmer went trotting upon his grey mare
6
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Farmer's boy
22
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Fox jumps over the parson's gate
21
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Great Panjandrum himself
13
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Milkmaid
13
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Ride a cock-horse to Banbury Cross
6
Illustrations -- Caldecott -- Three jovial huntsmen
17
Illustrations -- Crane
12
Illustrations -- Crane -- Baby's bouquet
16
Illustrations -- Crane -- Fairy ship
4
Illustrations -- Crane -- Flora's feast : a masque of flowers
8
Illustrations -- Crane -- Floral fantasy in an old English garden
20
Illustrations -- Crane -- Flowers from Shakespeare's garden : a posy from the plays
7
Illustrations -- Crane -- Goody Two Shoes
4
Illustrations -- Crane -- King Luckie Boy's party
5
Illustrations -- Crane -- Masque of days
3
Illustrations -- Crane -- Princess Belle-Etoile
6
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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
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Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0108230-c5b9-012f-ed50-58d385a7bc34
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Nursery rhymes
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Cats
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Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
40
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
23
Brooke, L. Leslie (Leonard Leslie), 1862-1940
22
Caldecott, Randolph, 1846-1886
19
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
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Children's book illustrations
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England
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142
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Beauty escorted by apes and m…
At last, he turned towards he…
The rabbit started violently,…
Alice had been looking over h…
[The Walrus and Carpenter]
The cat and the fox.
The eagle and the owl.
[The ox and the frogs]
Le combat des rats et des bel…
The battle of the rats and th…
The wolf and the dog.
The wolf accusing the fox bef…
Le loup et l'agneau
Le loup et la cigogne.
Swinegel und Hase besehen sic…
[The beetles pay homage to th…
L'Ours et les rayons de miel.
"The travellers soon ate what…
Ball game of the grasshoppers
Beetles and butterflies at se…
[The distraught queen of the …
[The donkey]
Buster John shaking hands wit…
Mr. Rabbit and Mrs. Meadows.
Mr. Rabbit fell kerthump.
De little rabs, dey promise d…
Brer Rabbit turnt 'er aloose,…
"'Ah-yi! You oughter ax me d…
The tales of Uncle Remus : Br…
Die geschichte von dem wilden…
And a very grand old lady she…
r. and Mrs. Spikky Sparrow.
[The wolf comes to the grandm…
"The judge was a monkey of th…
Fire Eater gives Pinocchio fi…
The doctors' consultation.
Little Black Rabbit.
Mouse in the cupboard.
And his whiskers and buttons …
This pig had a bit of meat.
Mistress Pussy and Little Dog…
Mouse knitting.
He wore a sweet tie, as blue …
A mouse in the pantry.
One happy pig.
Mice at tea.
Mice with candles.
He found the poor old tailor …
Out stepped a little gentlema…
Louisa Pussy-cat sleeps late.