Saturday, December 31, 2011
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Arthur Rackham - When he heard Peter’s voice, he popped in alarm behind a tulip
Arthur Rackham, from Peter Pan in Kensington gardens, by James Matthew Barrie, New York, 1910
Arthur Rackham - The lady with the balloons who sits just outside
Arthur Rackham, from Peter Pan in Kensington gardens, by James Matthew Barrie, New York, 1910
Arthur Rackham - These tricky fairies sometimes change the board on ball night
Arthur Rackham, from Peter Pan in Kensington gardens, by James Matthew Barrie, New York, 1910
Arthur Rackham - When her Majesty wants to know the time
Arthur Rackham, from Peter Pan in Kensington gardens, by James Matthew Barrie, New York, 1910
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
The Storyteller (Jim Henson`s) - The True Bride [Full Episode]
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http://youtu.be/X4-3-zKUsx8
Based on an early German folk tale, The True Bride. A troll had a daughter, but she left straight off. So the troll took another girl to replace her to wait on him hand and foot. Her name is Anja and she has no father or mother, making the troll her only "family". Setting her impossible tasks, then beating her with his "contradiction stick" when she invariably fails, the troll makes sure to make her life miserable, until she one day makes a wish. Her wish is heard by the Thought Lion, a wondrous beast all in white, who completes her impossible tasks for her. When she finds her true love, he disappears one day, so Anja sets out to find him. When she finally does, he turns out to be bewitched in the hands of the troll's evil daughter, the trollop.
http://youtu.be/X4-3-zKUsx8
Based on an early German folk tale, The True Bride. A troll had a daughter, but she left straight off. So the troll took another girl to replace her to wait on him hand and foot. Her name is Anja and she has no father or mother, making the troll her only "family". Setting her impossible tasks, then beating her with his "contradiction stick" when she invariably fails, the troll makes sure to make her life miserable, until she one day makes a wish. Her wish is heard by the Thought Lion, a wondrous beast all in white, who completes her impossible tasks for her. When she finds her true love, he disappears one day, so Anja sets out to find him. When she finally does, he turns out to be bewitched in the hands of the troll's evil daughter, the trollop.
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Émile Bayard - A demoniacal hullabaloo
Émile Bayard, from Autour de la lune (All around the moon), by Jules Verne, Paris (Hetzel), circa 1870 (?).
Émile Bayard - A group a la Jardin Mabille
Émile Bayard, from Autour de la lune (All around the moon), by Jules Verne, Paris (Hetzel), circa 1870 (?).
Émile Bayard - I’d be nothing but a dwarf
Émile Bayard, from Autour de la lune (All around the moon), by Jules Verne, Paris (Hetzel), circa 1870 (?).
Monday, December 26, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Jessie Willcox Smith - from The Princess and the Goblin
from The Princess and the Goblin, a children’s book by George MacDonald, first published in 1872. The original illustrations were by Arthur Hughes. This illustration, from a later edition, is by Jessie Willcox Smith
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Hugh Thomson - from Quality Street
http://loverforbooks.blogspot.com/2011/12/blog-post.html
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Phil May - ‘Appy ‘ampstead
‘Appy ‘ampstead.
” ‘Ere y’are, lidies tormentors. Two’ a penny! “
From Pictures by Phil May, London, 1908.
Phil May - Do you want a errand boy?
Do you want a errand boy?
No.
Yus you do, your’s ‘as just been runned over.
From Pictures by Phil May, London, 1908.
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