Fairy Story Collection (#6)

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author and poet, mid 19th century. Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume IV, by Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Stepping Stones, c19th century. Artist: George Butterworth
Stepping Stones, c19th century

The Abduction on the Unicorn, 1516, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Abduction on the Unicorn, 1516, (1936). Found in the collection of the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany. A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe

A sea monster bearing away a princess, 1500, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
A sea monster bearing away a princess, 1500, (1936). A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

Castle Courtyard, Innsbruck, 16th century, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
Castle Courtyard, Innsbruck, 16th century, (1936). Found in the collection of the Graphische Sammlung Albertin, Vienna, Austria

Cinderella, 19th century. Artist: Albert Henry Payne
Cinderella, 19th century. A popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale with myth-elements of unjust oppression and triumphant reward

The Boy Discovering the Golden Eggs, 19th century, (1913). Artist: J Young
The Boy Discovering the Golden Eggs, 19th century, (1913). A print from The Connoisseur, (London, 1913)

Tsarevich Ivan Riding the Grey Wolf, 1889. Artist: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov
Tsarevich Ivan Riding the Grey Wolf, 1889. Tsarevich Ivan, the Fire Bird and the Grey Wolf is a Russian fairy tale. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author, 19th century. Artist: Franz Hanfstaengl
Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author, 19th century. Although also a poet and novelist, Andersen (1805-1875) is particularly remembered for his famous fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling

The Brothers Grimm, German authors, 1847. Artist: Hermann Biow
The Brothers Grimm, German authors, 1847. Wilhelm (1786-1859) and Jakob Grimm (1785-1863), famous for their fairy tales and work in linguistics. From a private collection

Sleeping Beauty, 1900-1926. Artist: Viktor Mihajlovic Vasnecov
Sleeping Beauty, 1900-1926. Found in the collection of the V Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow

Illustration from the fairy tale The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley, 1863. Artist: Noel Paton
Illustration from the fairy tale The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley, 1863. From a private collection

The Swedish pavilion at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Cendrillon (Cinderella), Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, 1895. Artist: Henri Meyer
Cendrillon (Cinderella), Theatre du Chatelet, Paris, 1895. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 14th April 1895

Wilhelm Carl Grimm, German author, 1887. Grimm (1786-1859) one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their fairy tales and work in linguistics

Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, German author, philologist and mythologist, 1887. Grimm (1785-1863) one of the Brothers Grimm, famous for their fairy tales and work in linguistics

Landscape of Eygue, 1833. Artist: Alexandre Pouchkine
Landscape of Eygue, 1833

View of a Coastal City, c1300-1348. Artist: Ambrogio Lorenzetti
View of a Coastal City, c1300-1348. Found in the collection of the Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena, Italy

Litttle Red Riding Hood, 19th century. The woodcutter has killed the wolf with his axe

Peter Christian Asbjornsen (1812-1885), Norwegian folklorist and naturalist. Asbjornsen was employed as Inspector of Forests for Trondheim

The Red Shoes, fairy story by Hans Christian Andersen, c1880. Karen in her magic red shoes, unable to stop and hear what the angel says because the shoes compel her to dance and dance

Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. Artist: Arthur Rackham
Hansel and Gretel and the Witch on the doorstep of her cottage. The tiles made of gingerbread can be seen. Arthur Rackham illustration from the Brothers Grimm fairy story. (Copyright must be cleared)

Anthropomorphic Landscape, c1600-1635. Artist: Joos de Momper, the younger
Anthropomorphic Landscape, c1600-1635

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author, 1857
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), Danish author. Although also a poet and novelist, Andersen is particularly remembered for his famous fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling, The Red Shoes

Scene from The Babes in the Wood, 1878. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
Scene from The Babes in the Wood, 1878. No burial these prettye babes/Of any man receives./Till Robin-redbreast painfully/Did cover them with leaves

Scene from The Red Shoes by Hans Christian Andersen, c1879. Karen being given her first pair of red shoes by the shoemakers wife on the day her mother dies

Scene from The Babes (Children) in the Wood, 1878. Artist: Randolph Caldecott
Scene from The Babes (Children) in the Wood, 1878. These prettye babes, with hand in hand, /Went wandering up and downe. The Babes uncle has paid two ruffians to murder them

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