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#illustrationart by #Russian artist Gennady Spirin for the fairy tales "The Real Princess", and "Children of Lir"
#FairytaleTuesday
#FairytaleTuesday
#illustrationart by Vladimir Konashevich, for Pushkin's "The Tale of the Dead Princess & the Seven Knights" #Russian #fairytale
#FairyTaleTuesday
Joyce Mercer (1896 - 1965, English) #illustrations for two Hans Christian Andersen stories:
1. The Wild Swans - from 1838
https://t.co/l9oifn84pm
2. The Red Shoes - from 1845
https://t.co/dhdj4XEGwV
#gardenshour Amaryllis, by Pierre-Joseph Redouté #botanical #illustrationart
"I'm a four loom weaver, as many a man knows,
I've nowt to eat an' I, ve worn out mi clothes
Mi clogs are both brocken, an' stockings I've none.
Thee'd hardly gi' us tuppence for all I've getten on."
from the old folk song "Four-loom Weaver"
#FolkloreThursday
#FairyTaleTuesday Aschenputtel often sat at her mother's grave, whr a sapling grew, watered by her tears. She wished with all her heart for a gown and slippes to wear to a royal ball, and three times her wish came true #Cinderella
#illustration 1. Wanda Gag 2. Millicent Sowerby
#FairyTaleTuesday Perrault's early Red Riding Hood tale had a warning attached, advising well brought-up young ladies not to dally with dangerous beasts, lest they be swayed by the charms of a wolf in disguise.
#vintage #illustration Henriette Willebeek Le Mair (1889-1966 Dutch)
"This flake grew bigger and bigger, until at last it turned into a woman, who was dressed in the finest white gauze which looked as if it had been made from millions of star-shaped flakes"
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🎨 #illustration by Edmund Dulac
#FairyTaleTuesday The youngest bro of three, the softie, is the last to be sent to chop wood, after misfortune befell his nasty bros. His kindness to a gnome is rewarded with a golden goose, so he heads to market, and attracts a crowd...
https://t.co/j5xkEoEFCf
🎨 Gustaf Tenggren
#FairyTaleTuesday Chicken Licken was walking one day when an acorn fell on her head. She thought the sky was falling, so she hurried to tell the King. On the way she alerted others, who joined her. Until they ran into a wily woodlander... https://t.co/srmdGUYjXM
🎨 Harry Rountree