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Mermaids, selkies, sirens & water nymphs appear in myths, legends & fairy tales the world over. Portrayed equally as cold & predatory, luring mortals to their death, or kind & helpful creatures.

🎨Tristan Elwell, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, JW Waterhouse.

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2020-07-21

今週のトピックはヴァイキングの物語。まだ少し空きがあるので、参加したい方、DMをください！
画像:Loki & Rhinemaidens, Arthur Rackham, 1910

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2020-06-13

The oldest telling of Puss N Boots is by Giovanni Francesco Straparola in his “The Facetious Nights of Straparola” c.1550-1553. Illustrations by:
Warwick Goble, 1923
Walter Crane, 1875
Edmund Dulac, 1928
Arthur Rackham, 1910

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2020-05-27

Hänsel und Gretel 🏚️

Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, 1909 & Paul Friedrich Meyerheim (1842-1915)

Parkwood, Hellingly

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2020-05-11

Warrior Maidens in for
w/Valkyrie from Norse mythology
🎨Brunhilde by Arthur Rackham, 1910
🎨The Valkyrie's Vigil by Edward Robert Hughes, 1914

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2020-05-05

XD I'm keeping it classy. Also get them mixed up a lot, but it turns out if I'd searched for Rackham, there's an even better one

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2020-04-10

What Came of Picking Flowers

Portuguese fairy tale if you like that sort of thing

Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1916 art

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2020-03-12

"They all crowded round it panting and asking, "But who has won?""

Depiction by Arthur Rackham, 1907 art

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2020-02-29

The Mock Turtle drew a long breath and said: "That's very curious"

The Mock Turtle, by Arthur Rackham, 1907

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2020-02-28

From “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1908 edition. Via . https://t.co/T8dqYaVo9z

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2020-02-19

“Undine”, or Ondine, is a fairy-tale novella, written by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in 1909, about a water spirit who marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul.
(illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1909)

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2020-01-28

Illustrations for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, English logician, photographer, clergyman and author in 1832
Golden age illustrations by John Tenniel, Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Attwell and A.E. Jackson

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2020-01-27

"The Tortoise and the Hare", from an edition of Caleb's Fables illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1912

The fable itself is a variant of a common folktale theme in which ingenuity and trickery (rather than doggedness) are employed to overcome a stronger opponent.

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2020-01-17

Eye candy book illustrations featuring Sleeping Beauty:

Edward Frederick Brewtnall, 1880
Edmund Dulac, 1909
Arthur Rackham, 1920
Kinuko Y. Craft, 1984

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2019-11-12

Birthday in the park: Arthur Rackham, 1867-1939, book illustrator........https://t.co/m053blh0QM

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2019-10-18

Daphne
Iris

Illustrations for John Milton's Comus by Arthur Rackham, 1922

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2019-09-23

Birthday in the park: Arthur Rackham, 1867-1939, illustrator........https://t.co/XSWIzPVOTL

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2019-09-19

Arthur Rackham, Venus and the Cat, an illustration from Aesop’s Fables, pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour, 1912

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2019-08-16

The Romance of King Arthur~Arthur Rackham, illu.1917🌹

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2019-08-07

Arthur Rackham, The Witch's Pool

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2019-08-05