Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) RICHARD DOYLE 'Asleep in the moonlight. The dancing elves have all gone to rest; the King and Queen are evidently friends again, and, let us hope, live happily ever afterwards' linky: http://www.artmagick.com/pictures/artist.aspx?artist=richard-doyle Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) SIDNEY SIME 'The Tomb of the Morning Zai' for The Protector of the Secret. From Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany (E.J.M.D. Plunkett), with illustrations in photogravure (G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1922) linky: http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/sime.htm Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) SIDNEY SIME 'The sudden discovery of that infamous den, that renowned and impregnable stronghold, the fear and envy of universal wizardry, not only drowned my memory of the quest - it involved me in perilous side issues. The malevolence underlying the Pophofgf's hospitable greeting passed unheeded by me, absorbed as I was, for how long I know not, in a profound and fatal curiosity.' Original drawing for The Fantasy of Life, a series of drawings to unknown tales. For The Tatler, 28th August, 1901 Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) CHARLES ROBINSON 'The rich making merry in their beautiful houses while beggars were sitting at the gate' Original watercolour for The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde (Duckworth, 1913) linky: http://www.theweeweb.co.uk/public/author_profile.php?id=223 Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) WILLIAM HEATH ROBINSON 'The Respectable Gentleman' from his Bill the Minder (Constable, 1912) linky: http://heathrobinson.org/index.htm Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) ARTHUR RACKHAM 'The wooing of Grunhilde, the mother of Hagen'. Original for Siegfried & the Twilight of the Gods by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Armour (Heinemann, 1911) Dont pass on the linky: http://www.artpassions.net/rackham/wagner_ring.html Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) RENE BULL 'After a long and careful course of magical enquiries' from Aladdin; - or The Wonderful Lamp in The Arabian Nights (Constable, 1912) linky: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Bull Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Point Five Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Well, here is a weekend treat I hope you will all enjoy. The book here has been on my bookshelf for many years, and was published by Studio Vista in 1975. I'm going to show a selection of truly wonderful images by book illustrators obscure and well known alike. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have over the years! Thanks for posting. These are great! (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) RENE BULL Come fill, the cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly - and Lo! The bird is on the wing. From Quatrain VII of The Ruba'iyat of Omar Kayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913) Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) RENE BULL Ah Love! could thou and I with fate conspire To grasp this sorry scheme of Things entire, Would not w shatter it to bits - and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart's Desire. From Quatrain L X XII of The Ruba'iyat of Omar Kayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913) Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) EDMUND DULAC ' "It is gold, it is gold" they cried' Original watercolour for The Snow Queen in Stories from Hans Anderson (Hodder & Stoughton, 1911) wonderful linky: http://dulac.artpassions.net/ Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) Well, here is a weekend treat I hope you will all enjoy. The book here has been on my bookshelf for many years, and was published by Studio Vista in 1975. I'm going to show a selection of truly wonderful images by book illustrators obscure and well known alike. I hope you enjoy them as much as I have over the years! Thanks for posting. These are great! (thumbs u Thanks - it's just a gesture of appreciation to the posters in this thread. Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) EDMUND DULAC Original watercolour for frontispiece illustration to Princess Badoura, A tale from the Arabian Nights, retold by Lawrence Housman ( Hodder & Stoughton, 1913) Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) EDMUND DULAC 'The Princess burns the Elfrite to death', original for illustration to The Story of the Three Calendars from Sinbad the Sailor and other stories from the Arabian Nights (Hodder & Stoughton, 1914) Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buttock Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 J. NOEL PATON The naked hulk alongside came, And the twain were casting dice; "The game is done! I've won, I've won!" Quoth she, and whistles thrice. From part the seventh, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Art Union 1963) linky: http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-century-paintings/d/mors-janua-vitae-the-gateway-of-life/13510 Wow, wow, & wow again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) EDMUND DULAC 'The cup of wine which she gives him each night contains a sleeping draft' Original illustration to The Story of the King of the Ebony Isles from Stories from the Arabian Nights, retold by Lawrence Housman ( Hodder & Stoughton, 1913) Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 J. NOEL PATON The naked hulk alongside came, And the twain were casting dice; "The game is done! I've won, I've won!" Quoth she, and whistles thrice. From part the seventh, Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Art Union 1963) linky: http://www.leicestergalleries.com/19th-20th-century-paintings/d/mors-janua-vitae-the-gateway-of-life/13510 Wow, wow, & wow again. Indeed. This one above and the Rackam have been my favorite so far ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) KAY NIELSEN 'And this time she whisked off the wig, and there lay the lad, so lovely, and white and red, just as the Princess had seen him in the morning sun' Illustration for The Widow's Son from East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Old Tales of the North by P.C. Asbjornsen and J.I. Moe (Hodder & Stoughton, 1914) linky: http://nielsen.artpassions.net/ Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) KAY NIELSEN ' " Your soul - ! My soul - !" they kept saying in hollow tones, according as they won or lost.' Illustration to John and the Ghosts from In Powder and Crinoline, Old Fairy Tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913) Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Mentallo Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) KAY NIELSEN 'This good fairy placed her own baby in the cradle of roses and gave command to the zephyrs to carry him to the tower.' Illustration to Felicia from In Powder and Crinoline, Old Fairy Tales, retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (Hodder & Stoughton, 1913) Edited April 16, 2011 by alanna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
