January 26, 2013
thesavagesgallery:

Arthur Rackham  (1867-1939)
“He saw by the moonlight momentarily unveiled, a little island encircled by the flood ; and there under the branches of the overhanging trees was Undine.”
From Undine ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. (New York Doubleday, Page 1912) La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de (1777-1843), Author.

thesavagesgallery:

Arthur Rackham  (1867-1939)

“He saw by the moonlight momentarily unveiled, a little island encircled by the flood ; and there under the branches of the overhanging trees was Undine.”

From Undine ; illustrated by Arthur Rackham. (New York Doubleday, Page 1912) La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de (1777-1843), Author.

June 7, 2012
oldbookillustrations:

Polly put the kettle on
Kate Greenaway, from Mother Goose, London, New York, 1881.
(Source: archive.org)

oldbookillustrations:

Polly put the kettle on

Kate Greenaway, from Mother Goose, London, New York, 1881.

(Source: archive.org)

February 13, 2012
Maria José Olavarría. From “Margarita” by Ruben Dario.

Maria José Olavarría. From “Margarita” by Ruben Dario.

February 4, 2012
Fred Phleger / Robert Lopshire. Ann Can Fly.
Random House, 1959

Fred Phleger / Robert Lopshire. Ann Can Fly.

Random House, 1959

February 4, 2012
Julian Scheer / Marvin Bileck. Holiday House, 1964.

Julian Scheer / Marvin Bileck. Holiday House, 1964.

January 26, 2012
Nika Goltz. Snow Queen.

Nika Goltz. Snow Queen.

January 25, 2012
Boris Diodorov. Illustrations for The Little Mermaid.

Boris Diodorov. Illustrations for The Little Mermaid.

January 25, 2012
Boris Diodorov. Illustrations for The Little Mermaid.

Boris Diodorov. Illustrations for The Little Mermaid.

January 25, 2012
Boris Diodorov. Illustrations for The Little Mermaid.

Boris Diodorov. Illustrations for The Little Mermaid.

January 21, 2012
Wayne Anderson. Thumbelina.

Wayne Anderson. Thumbelina.