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#illustrations
1. Mercè Llimona (1914-1997, Catalan)
2. Rie Cramer (1887-1977, Dutch)
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#illustration by J. Lawson of "Babes in the Wood" in 'Chambers's Fluent Readers' - 1895.
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Hansel and Gretel find the gingerbread cottage; #illustration by Janusz Grabiański (1929-1976, Polish 🇵🇱), in "Grimms' Fairy Tales", pub. Jonathan Cape 1962.
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1. #illustrationart by Jean D. Howe, "Jack and the Beanstalk", Blackie, undated, early 1950s
2. "Jack and the Beanstalk", #illustration by Molly B. Thomson, pub. Collins, undated (circa early 1950s)
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4. The witch used Rapunzel's hair to trick the Prince into climbing into the tower. She cursed that he'd never see R again, and threw him from the tower. As he fell, he got blinded by viscious thorns, and staggered, bereft, into the unknown
🎨 Gordon Laite
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4. Rapunzel let down her hair, and Prince climbed up. They planned her escape; she'd weave a ladder from skeins of silk he'd bring.
Alas witch found out, cut off her hair + kept it, turfing R out into the middle of nowhere.
🎨 G. Laite, L'Uba Koncekova-Vesela
#illustration by Harold Gaze (1885-1962, NZ)
#FairyTaleTuesday He came to UK, studied art at several places in London, then emigrated to USA in 1927, where he continued illustrating + did some work for Disney.
#illustrations for Andersen's "Thumbelina" by Rie Cramer (1887-1997, Dutch) #FairyTaleTuesday
The miniature girl's fortunes ebb & flow during her encounters with animals;- abducted by frogs, housed by a mouse, lined up to marry a mole, rescued by a swift she'd nursed to health.
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There's a rich seam of outstanding #illustrations in Carroll's beloved "Alice" books to explore, but this original remains a firm favourite, with it's unbridled whimsy
- by John Tenniel, in 'Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There' by Lewis Carroll