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20
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34
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30
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12
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19
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59
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4
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4
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7
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13
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11
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6
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7
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51
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4
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10
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5
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6
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14
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28
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20
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11
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9
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18
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16
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2
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15
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4
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32
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10
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17
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13
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43
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14
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18
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13
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17
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4
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34
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8
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10
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7
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4
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18
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9
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9
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4
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6
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12
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16
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17
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12
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6
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22
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21
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13
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13
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6
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17
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12
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16
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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
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4
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5
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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
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Illustrations
Type of Resource
Still image
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Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0108230-c5b9-012f-ed50-58d385a7bc34
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Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863. Kinder- und Haus-märchen
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Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703. Fées
60
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Pied Piper of Hamelin
59
Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905
43
Crane, Walter, 1845-1915
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Germany
27
Norway
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Book illustrations
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A. Wessels Company
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The goloshes of Fortune.
The prince asked who she was …
["She played upon the ringing…
Waldemar Daa and his daughter…
She has read all the newspape…
The Snow Queen sat in the ver…
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Arabian nights.
Scheherazade.
Aladdin and his wonderful lam…
Ali Baba and the forty thieve…
Sinbad the sailor.
The barber's fifth brother.
The talking bird.
The Queen of Beauty.
Princess Gulnare summoning he…
The lady advanced to meet him.
She gave orders for the banqu…
It was in vain that all the w…
Solomon commands the spirits …
As soon as he came in, she be…
[The enchantress in the mauso…
[The Sultan's daughter coming…
["New lamps for old ones!"]
He found that he had fallen b…
Ali Baba and the forty thieve…
When Margiana saw the mark, s…
So he went his way full of ra…
As it drew near we saw ten or…
It will be sufficient to brea…
And when they had ascended th…
The smoke ascended to the clo…
And she proceeded to burn per…
The valley of diamonds.
Cassim in the cave of the for…
Marriage of Bedredeen Hassan …
Questioning the parrot.
The Vizier's daughter entreat…
The Genie brings the hatchet …
Ali Baba in the wood.
Fisherman and pot pouring out…
Blue Beard.
Blue-Beard gives Fatima the k…
Fatima opens the blue-closet,…
Blue-beard accusing Fatima of…
Blue-Beard grants Fatima fift…
Anne urging her brothers to h…
Blue-beard bursts open the do…
The officers (Fatima's brothe…
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