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Thank you for spending some moments of your time to consider our offerings - we
expect that, like us, you will
be captivated by the beauty, power and symbolism of
these objects.
Monthly Highlight
We have been able to add a number of works from Jessie
M King to our Collection and are now showing our most recent
acquisitions.
Currently, we are able to show images from King's
illustrations to Isabella, or the Pot of Basil and her suite of images
from Seven Happy Days.
Jessie M King (1875-1949) was a Scottish painter and
book illustrator who brought influences arising from the Glasgow
School of Arts
to both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements - she has been referred to as the
foremost Scottish
book designer and illustrator of the 20th Century.
King gained a number of awards for her work while still
a student at the Glasgow School of Arts and in 1902, her binding
for
L'Evangile de L'Enfance took the Gold Medal at the International Exhibition
of Modern Decorative Art held in Turin.
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An image from King's contribution
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Isabella, or the Pot of Basil |
An image from King's Seven
Happy Days suite |
Spirit of the Ages Range
Our range of Giftware is based on a unique private
collection that includes
objects d'art from the Medieval and
Renaissance periods, the Russian Orthodox tradition and the Gothic Revival and Art Nouveau movements.
Whether
the images originate from the
hand of an Old Master, the fin de siecle aesthete typified in Europe from
the
mid-19th Century, the Pre-Raphćlite movement
from late-Victorian England or from what is known as the Golden
Age of Fantasy
Illustration, the work has a supremely
timeless quality.
The range
includes unframed and framed reproduction prints, wall murals, T-shirts, babies'
clothing and gift cards.
In all cases, the original
images have been captured and reproduced with high definition digital techniques
we have
developed - using 1st Edition
plates and antique artwork from our unique Collection as the source. Depending
on
your needs, most coloured images can
be reproduced in a range of sizes from under 6 x 4" to 30 x 20" and in the
case
of images in our range of wall murals, the
sizing can extend beyond 108 x 108". Whether intended as a gift for
a young
child or an awe-inspiring home decorator
feature - or anything in-between - the images will be a source
of pleasure for
many years.
What follows is a small sample of the wonderful images you could bring into your life and
home by selecting from
our Giftware
range.
Fairies
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An image from Woodroffe's contribution
to
The Tempest
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Rackham's contribution
to
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Nielsen's contribution
to
In Powder and Crinoline
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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An image from Outhwaite's contribution
to
The Enchanted Forest
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Shepperson's illustration
to accompany
A Spell for a Fairy
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 15 x 10" |
An image from Dulac's contribution
to
The Tempest
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Angels
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An image from Paul's contribution
to
La Vita Nuova
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 12 x 10" |
An image from Doré's contribution
to
Milton's Paradise Lost
This image is available in a
range of sizes
including Wall Mural |
An image from Dulac's contribution
to
The Bells and Other Poems
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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Edward Burne-Jones'
Vision of
the Holy Grail
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Meteyard's contribution
to
Longfellow's The Golden Legend
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Childhood Tales
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An image from Rackham's
contribution to
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Rackham's
contribution to
Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Nielsen's
contribution to
Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 15 x 10" |
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An image from Nielsen's
contribution to
Hansel and Gretel: And Other
Stories
by the Brothers Grimm
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Clarke's
contribution to
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian
Andersen
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 15x 10" |
An image from Ségur's
contribution to
Alice au pays des merveilles
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Heroes
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An image from Nielsen's
contribution to
Red Magic
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Mackenzie's
contribution to
Arthur and His Knights
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 15x 10" |
An image from Mackenzie's
contribution to
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
in Rhyme
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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An image of Brünnhilde from Rackham's
contribution to
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Paul's contribution
to
The Romance of Tristram and La
beale Isoude
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Pogány's
contribution to
Tannhäuser
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to Wall Mural |
Mythical Creatures
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An image from Parrish's
contribution to
A Wonder Book and Tanglewood
Tales
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Rackham's contribution
to
The Romance of King Arthur and
His Knights of the Round Table
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Dulac's contribution
to
Tanglewood Tales
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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An image from Nielsen's contribution
to
Hansel and Gretel: And Other
Stories
by the Brothers Grimm
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Dulac's contribution
to the tale
Cerberus, the Black Dog of Hades
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Rackham's contribution
to
Hawthorne's Wonder Book
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Romance
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An image from Paul's contribution
to
Clair de Lune
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 12 x 10" |
An image from Clarke's contribution
to
Tales of Mystery and
Imagination
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to Wall Mural |
An image from Dulac's contribution
to
Gods and Mortals in Love
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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An image from Rackham's contribution
to
Undine
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Paul's contribution
to
The Romance of Tristram and La
beale Isoude
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 12 x 10" |
An image from Nielsen's contribution
to
East of the Sun and West of the
Moon
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Animals
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An image from Dulac's contribution
to
The Dreamer of Dreams
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Rackham's contribution
to
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Ségur's contribution
to
Alice au pays des merveilles
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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An image from Clarke's contribution
to
Fairy Tales by Hans Christian
Andersen
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 15 x 10" |
An image from Mackenzie's contribution
to
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp
in Rhyme
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Woodroffe's contribution
to
The Tempest
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Erotic
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An image from Rackham's contribution
to
The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
Dulac's contribution
to
King Albert's Book
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Clarke's contribution
to
Tales of Mystery and
Imagination
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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An image from Pogány's contribution
to
Tannhäuser
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Mackenzie's contribution
to
Hassan
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Dulac's contribution
to
The Bells and Other Poems
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
The Macabre
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An image from Nielsen's contribution
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Red Magic
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to Wall Mural |
An image from Papé's contribution
to
The Diamond Fairy Book
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Dulac's contribution
to
The Bells and Other Poems
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
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An image from Clarke's contribution
to
Faust
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
An image from Clarke's contribution
to
Tales of Mystery and
Imagination
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to Wall Mural |
An image from Woodroffe's contribution
to
The Tempest
This image is available in a
range of sizes
up to 30 x 20" |
The Collection: Art and Artifacts from the
Ages
Here you will find a wonderful collection of
beautiful objects and images brought together from around the World
and through
the Ages.
The Collection abounds with genuine antiques from
the Medieval, Renaissance, Art Nouveau and Gothic Revival
periods.
Throughout the Collection, you will find treasures as diverse as:
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our
Medieval and Renaissance Collection that includes pages from
Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts,
pages from Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle
and Münster's Cosmographia,
early Renaissance maps produced in Ruscelli's
Geographia, pages from
Der Weiss Kunig
(including a complete set of images from the rare 1775 edition),
16th and 17th Century prints
prepared by Hans Burgkmair, Leonard Beck, Hogenberg and their
contemporaries, woodcuts, etchings and engravings by
Albrecht Dürer
and arms and armour from the 12th to 16th Centuries;
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Antique Russian
Icons;
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Gothic Revival furniture, lighting and
ecclesiastical items;
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Vintage
paintings and
lighting;
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a stunning collection of fin de
siecle, Pre-Raphaelite, Art Nouveau and Art Deco images from
artists including
Gustave Doré, Erté,
Arthur Rackham,
Kay Nielsen,
Edmund Dulac,
Willy Pogány, Maxfield Parrish, Sulamith Wülfing,
Harry Clarke,
Virginia Sterrett,
Jessie M King,
Thomas
Mackenzie,
Warwick Goble,
Dugald Walker,
Violet Brunton,
Reginald Knowles,
Frank C Papé,
Ida Rentoul
Outhwaite,
Paul Woodroffe,
Adrienne Ségur,
Evelyn Paul,
Edward
Burne-Jones,
William Russell Flint,
Lefler and Urban,
Sidney Meteyard, Léon
Bakst and
Eleanor
Fortescue-Brickdale;
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the
Petit
Collection; and
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the
Vintage
Advertising Collection.
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God disposes of the Antichrist
from The Nuremberg Chronicle |
Detail of an image from a Beck
contribution to Der Weiss
Kunig |
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Ptolemći Typus (1562)
Giralamo Ruscelli
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Great Triumphal Chariot
(pre-1550)
Albrecht Dürer |
The Medieval and
Renaissance Collection
A visually and historically significant
collection of genuine Medieval and Renaissance objects d'art is waiting for you.
Consider medieval swords, daggers, pages from illuminated manuscripts or a
carved stone column capital. Renaissance
art is also waiting, including a
monumental depiction of the Emperor Maximillian in Triumph surrounded by the
Fates
(Dürer's Great Triumphal Chariot), pages from The Nuremberg Chronicle showing the
creation of the World and
historically significant cartographic work by Ruscelli.
We are also pleased to be able to show a complete
set of the illustrations from the famous 1775 Kurzböck printing of
Der Weiss Kunig. Images are also shown from
works commissioned by Emperor Maximilian, including Theuerdank and
Seel unnd heiligen Buch Kaiser Maximilians
Altfordern.
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A detail from Ptolemeische
General Tafel, a World
map from Cosmographia based
on the
work of Ptolomei
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A detail from an illustration
depicting
the tale of The Golden Calf from
The Nuremberg Chronicle
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An illustration from a 16th
Century Bible
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The Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau
Collection
Magnificent examples of artwork arising from the
Pre-Raphaelite and Art Nouveau traditions are shown here. In
particular, we hold
an extensive range of antique and vintage illustrations from artists including:
Wonderful images will greet you from tales like Peter
Pan in Kensington Gardens, A Midsummer-Night's Dream,
The Tempest,
The Arabian Nights, Arthur and His Knights, Tales from Hans Anderson,
The Rubáiyát
of Omar Khayyám,
The Dreamer of Dreams, East of the
Sun and West of the Moon, Alice in Wonderland, Dante's La Vita Nuova,
Wagner's
The Ring of Niblung, Poe's The Bells and Other Poems and
Goethe's Faust. This list goes on,
of course - and you will
enjoy every
moment of considering the prints on offer.
It contains more than 1000 genuine antique and vintage illustrations from some of the
greatest Golden Age artists.
English, French, German, Australian, Danish and American artists are
represented, including Gustave Doré, Erté, Arthur
Rackham, Kay Nielsen, Edmund Dulac, Willy Pogány, Maxfield Parrish, Sulamith
Wülfing, Harry Clarke, Virginia
Sterrett, Jessie M King, Thomas Mackenzie, Warwick
Goble, Dugald Walker, Violet Brunton, Reginald Knowles,
Frank C Papé, Ida Rentoul Outwaite, Paul Woodroffe, Adrienne Ségur, Evelyn Paul, Edward Burne-Jones,
William
Russell Flint, Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban, Sidney Meteyard, Claude Shepperson,
François Louis Schmied,
Léon Bakst, Felix de Gray, Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale
and Gaston Priou.
We have developed a range of
Giftware that includes images
reproduced from many of the 1st Edition plates in our
collection to ensure the most accurate form, line and colour possible. We have utilised a high definition capture and
reproduction technique for the
images - in contrast to the low definition representation necessary for this
website. The
illustrations are available as cards, infants' clothing, T-shirts
and unmatted, matted or framed prints (8x6", 10x8", 12x10",
15x10" and 30 x 20" images sizes).
Pricing starts at US$4 for single Gift Cards (US$18 for select packs of 6) and 10 x 8"
prints (double-matted and framed) begin at US$60. Further details on those
reproduction images are available at
the
Giftware section of this
site.
Gustave
Doré
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One of 100 images
Doré's contribution to
Michaud's History of the
Crusades |
One of 76 images
Doré's contribution to
Dante's Inferno |
One of 50 images
Doré's contributions to
Milton's Paradise Lost |
One of 60 images
Doré's contributions to
Dante's Purgatory and Paradise |
In this portion of the Collection, we are able to show
some work from the genius of Gustave Doré - one of the
marvels of
19th Century art.
The range of Pagan and Christian imagery exhibited
through his work belies a colossal imagination and a magnificent
apprehension of
all possible conditions of human experience. His lofty insight into the
mysteries of Spiritual existence
as reflected from Earthly actualities entitle him to be classed among the great creative geniuses of all time.
Images are shown from his contributions to Michaud's
History of the Crusades, Dante's
Inferno and Purgatory and
Paradise and Milton's Paradise Lost.
Erté
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One of 15 colour images
Erté's work during the period
1916-1926
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One of 12 colour images
Erté's contributions to
Le Mystere Des Pierreries
(1926) |
One of 27 colour images
Erté's work during the period
1927-1938 |
One of 26 colour images
Erté's Alphabet (1927-1967) |
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One of 10 colour images
Erté's Numbers (1968) |
One of 7 colour images
Erté's "Seven Deadly Sins" |
One of 12 colour images
Erté's "Zodiac" |
Our selections from
Erté are drawn from a variety of high Art Nouveau images
including a selection of his work
produced between 1916-1926, his contributions to Le Mystere Des Pierreries
(1926), a selection of his work produced
between 1927-1938, various suites, including his
"Alphabet", "Numbers", "Seven Deadly Sins" and "Zodiac" suites and
examples of his later work.
Arthur
Rackham
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One of 50 colour images
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One of 13 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
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Rackham's Peter Pan in
Kensington Gardens |
Rackham's Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland |
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One of 40 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
One of 15 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
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Rackham's A Midsummer-Night's
Dream |
Rackham's Undine |
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One of 34 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
One of 30 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
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Rackham's The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie |
Rackham's Siegfried & The
Twilight of the Gods |
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Rackham's colour contribution
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One of 16 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
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Princess Mary's Gift Book |
Rackham's The Romance of King
Arthur and His Knight of the Round Table |
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One of 8 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
One of many colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
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Rackham's The Springtide of
Life |
Rackham's Comus |
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One of 16 colour images
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One of a number of monotone images |
One of a number of multitone images
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Rackham's The Springtide of
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One of 20 colour images
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Rackham's The Tempest |
Select from exquisite images created by Arthur Rackham.
Fairies, Gods, Godesses, mythical water maidens, Angels and babies are all
about.
Illustrations are available from
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
A Midummer-Night's
Dream, Undine, The Rhinegold and The Valkyrie,
Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods, Undine, The Romance of
King Arthur
and His Knights of the Round Table, The Springtide of Life,
Comus,
Hawthorne's
Wonder Book and The Tempest.
Kay Nielsen
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One of 24 colour images |
One of 15 monotone images
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One of 24 colour images |
One of 22 monotone images |
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Nielsen's In Powder and
Crinoline |
Nielsen's East of the Sun and West of the Moon |
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One of 22 colour images |
One of 5 monotone images |
One of 21 mixed monotone and
colour images |
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Nielsen's suite of images for
One Thousand and One Nights |
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One of 12 colour images |
One of 22 monotone images |
One of 12 colour images |
One of many monotone images |
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Nielsen's Fairy Tales by Hans
Andersen |
Nielsen's Hansel and Gretel:
And Other
Stories by the Brothers Grimm |
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One of 12 colour images |
One of many monotone images |
One of 8 colour images |
One of 50 monotone images |
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The superb French-language version
of Nielsen's Hansel and Gretel:
And Other
Stories by the Brothers Grimm -
Fleur-de-Neige et d'Autres Contes de Grimm - with additional monotone
illustrations contributed by Pierre Courtois |
Nielsen's Red
Magic |
The images
within the Kay Nielsen Collection illustrate traditional fairy tales, Norse
myths and legend from a variety
of cultures. You will find treasures as diverse as armoured Vikings on horseback
in battle, Norse maidens riding polar
bears, a Viking lad snuggled up with
the Sultan's daughter and knights battling dragons and mermaids.
Illustrations are available from In Powder and
Crinoline, East of the
Sun and West of the Moon, Tales from Hans
Andersen, Hansel
and Gretel: And Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm, Red Magic. In addition, we are able to
show extraordinarily rare illustrations prepared by Kay Nielsen,
including some of those included in his "Book of
Death" suite, Perrault in Powder and Patch: Famous
and Familiar Stories in their Proper Guise, an unpublished life
of Joan of Arc and A Thousand and One Nights.
Edmund Dulac
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One of 50 colour images
Dulac's Stories from
The Arabian Nights
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One of 40 colour images
Dulac's The Tempest
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One of 20 colour images
Dulac's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
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One of 8 colour images
Dulac's My Days with the
Fairies
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One of 32 images
Dulac's Stories from Hans
Andersen
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One of 28 colour images
Dulac's The Bells and Other
Poems |
Dulac's contribution to King
Albert's Book
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One of 19 colour images
Dulac's Edmund Dulac's Picture
Book
for the French Red Cross |
One of 6 colour images
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