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An Alphabet full of Illustrators...H is For...Friso Henstra (1928 -2013) a Dutch Illustrator and Author..."The Practical Princess" his first international breakthrough.

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2022-01-28

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...H is For...Friso Henstra (1928 -2013) a Dutch Illustrator and Author..."The Practical Princess" his first international breakthrough.

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2022-01-28

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...H is For...Friso Henstra (1928 -2013) a Dutch Illustrator and Author..."The Practical Princess" his first international breakthrough.

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2022-01-28

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...H is For...Friso Henstra (1928 -2013) a Dutch Illustrator and Author..."The Practical Princess" his first international breakthrough.

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2022-01-28

is by Sybille von Olfers, for The Story of the Snow Children (1906). Von Olfers was a German nun who also taught art and created books with charming, art nouveau illustrations and imaginative tales. A curious, bewitching book.

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2022-01-27

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...L is For...Gordon Laite (1925 -1978) an American Illustrator, whose mother, Blanche Fisher Wright Laite, was also a celebrated Illustrator. Fairy Tales were his forte.

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2022-01-27

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...L is For...Gordon Laite (1925 -1978) an American Illustrator, whose mother, Blanche Fisher Wright Laite, was also a celebrated Illustrator. Fairy Tales were his forte.

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2022-01-27

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...L is For...Gordon Laite (1925 -1978) an American Illustrator, whose mother, Blanche Fisher Wright Laite, was also a celebrated Illustrator. Fairy Tales were his forte.

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2022-01-27

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...L is For...Gordon Laite (1925 -1978) an American Illustrator, whose mother, Blanche Fisher Wright Laite, was also a celebrated Illustrator. Fairy Tales were his forte.

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2022-01-27

is by William Harvey for "The 1001 Nights" (Vol ii; E W Lane, 1840). "Prince Kamar ez-Zeman & Princess Budoor" is believed to be the inspiration for the 3rd part of RimskyKorsakov's "Scheherazade". Here a genie & peri seek the most beautiful mortal...

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2022-01-25

is by for "Violet's Tempest" by (2021). I love this image of Violet, nervously facing an audience. That'll be me soon, as events start to return. I hope I overcome my fears, like Violet. Lovely tender story & illustrations.

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2022-01-22

is by the for “Frindleswylde” (2021), continues my Wintry theme, with this sweeping, exquisite new fairy tale, with charmingly drawn and imagined characters and scenes. A hauntingly perfect read in the colder months of the year.

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2022-01-19

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators wishes you all a Happy New Year....with a host of vintage New Years Greeting cards, whose Illustrators' identities are now, sadly, lost to Old Father Time!

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2022-01-01

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators wishes you all a Happy New Year....with a host of vintage New Years Greeting cards, whose Illustrators' identities are now, sadly, lost to Old Father Time!

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2022-01-01

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators wishes you all a Happy New Year....with a host of vintage New Years Greeting cards, whose Illustrators' identities are now, sadly, lost to Old Father Time!

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2022-01-01

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - P is for Rien Poortvliet ( 1932-1995) a Dutch draughtsman, illustrator, and painter - he was best known for his paintings of subjects in Nature...and of Gnomes....

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2021-12-31

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - P is for Rien Poortvliet ( 1932-1995) a Dutch draughtsman, illustrator, and painter - he was best known for his paintings of subjects in Nature...and of Gnomes....

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2021-12-31

A Random Alphabet full of Illustrators - B is for Adolf Born ( 1930-2016) a Czech painter, illustrator, filmmaker and caricaturist, known for his murkily-tinted pictures of bizarre fauna, and Victorian gentlemen in top hats and top coats!

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2021-12-29

is by me, from "Lo & Behold - Mouse & Mole" by Joyce Dunbar. Newly published).

Thank you for celebrating books and illustrators with me this year. I'm now having a short Christmas break, but will be back soon.

MERRY CHRISTMAS! xxx

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2021-12-25

is by for “Ollie’s Christmas Reindeer” (2016), such a lovely Christmas story, and I especially like the drama of the limited palette. Oh, and silver sparkles, too. Oh, and cut through pages! Gorgeous.

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2021-12-07