Tale Collection (page 5)

The Storks - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from The Storks published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweep - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from The Shepherdess & the Chimney Sweeper published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Little Tuk - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from Little Tuk published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Little Idas Flowers - Hans Andersens Fairy tale. Scene from Little Idas Flowers published by Raphael Tuck. Artist: Mabel Lucie Attwell circa 1912

Harold swears fealty to Duke William
Allegedly after being shipwrecked on the French coast in 1064 (a date highly disputed amongst historians), The Bayeux Tapestry, and other Norman sources

Dogs tail painfully run over by a car
Sorry, I have a tail - Oh Mother! What a catastrophy! 1936

The Real Princess by Margaret Tarrant
A scene from The Real Princess depicting them discovering that she is in fact a real princess because she was able to feel the pea through all of the mattresses and quilts. Date: 1948

Cymbeline and Winters Tale
Miss Kemble as Imogen in Cymbeline and Mrs Ward as Hermione in The Winters Tale Date: late 18th century

THE THREE ROBES
Blauvor and Lanfor on the island. One plays the harp, the other sings. A stranger approaches... (An Irish tale)

SALT RUSSIAN TALE
They sailed away once more over the blue sea

THE FLYING TRUNK
Most travellers carry their luggage, but in this Hans Andersen tale, its the luggage that carries the traveller !

AUTOLYCUS (WINTERS TALE)
Autolycus - a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles Date: first produced 1610/11

EDWIN AS AUTOLYCUS
The actor Edwin in the role of Autolycus - a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles Date: first produced 1610/11

PERDITA AND FLORIZEL
Perdita and Florizel Date: first produced 1610/11

CENSUS IN WEST END HOME
The census in the West End: taking the tale of his household. The head of the house interviews the staff Date: 1901

Birds - Owl - Grimms Fairy Tales
A winking owl perched on a branch - by the look of it, its an EAGLE OWL (Buto ignavus) Date: circa 1905

The Underground Workers
A team of dwarf miners, the underground workers in action

CINDERELLA / THE SHOE FITS
- the shoe fits!

Fire bird, mythological creature
The hero of this Russian folk- tale plucks a feather from the tail of the Fire Bird as it imprudently passes within arms reach

Fragment of the Lieder von Gudrun
A fragment of the Lieder von Gudrun (Songs of Gudrun or Kudrun), a medieval German epic tale, made for the Emperor Maximilian I. Date: circa 1570

Greeting card
Jog on jog on the foot-pathway and merrily hent the style-a! A merry heart goes all the day, your sad tires in a mile-a! (Shakespeare, A Winters Tale). Artist: Ethel Larcombe. Date: circa 1910

Telling the Tale, Ambassadors Theatre, London
Telling the Tale, at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, for a hearty laugh with music running through it. circa 1918

Bransby Williams as Sydney Carton, A Tale of Two Cities
Bransby Williams as Sydney Carton, in the Noble Deed, a theatre production based on the Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. circa 1898

The Prisoner of the Bastille, from Lyceum Theatre, London
The Prisoner of the Bastille, a play on tour from the Lyceum Theatre, London, based on Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of Two Cities. early 20th century

Passing of the Third Floor Back, Opera House, Tunbridge Well
Passing of the Third Floor Back, a play by Jerome K Jerome, at the Opera House, Tunbridge Wells. circa 1910s

Multi-part story in the Native American Pictograph Tradition, printed on shaped cards to resemble the hides on which the original stories were painted

Pedro Gonzalez, the hairy man
Pedro Gonzalez, (also spelt Gonsalvus), 16th century noble born hairy man, (flourished 1582) and his French wife of " outstanding beauty". circa 1582

Fairy Tale / Willow Wren
The owl guards over the wren after he dared call himself King of the Birds Date: circa 1905

Illustration, Hans in Luck -- Just then a butcher came along the road trundling a young pig in a wheelbarrow. Date: 1909

Helen of Troy by Matania
Helen of Troy and King Priam watch Paris and Menelaus fight for her sake. Illustration to accompany the first story in a series on Famous Women from History written by Kenneth Bell

Illustration of the Genji Monogatari Emaki (The Tale of Genji) by Murasaki Sikibu. Japanese art. Momoyama period. Drawing. JAPAN. HONSHU. Kyoto. Tokugawa Reimeikai Foundation

Snow White too grim? Release of Disney film in UK
Is Grimm too Grim? The release of the first feature-length film from Walt Disney, Snow White, reported in The Sketch with a comment on the fact it was given an A rather than U certificate as London

Pied Piper and children, Hamelin (Hameln), Germany
Pied Piper and children make their way along a street in the town of Hamelin (Hameln), Germany. Date: circa 1940s

The Town Musicians of Bremen
A scene from the Grimms fairy tale, The Town Musicians of Bremen. Date: 1902

Frau Holle (Grimms Fairy Tale)
Whenever it snows in the world, it is said that Frau Holle is making her bed. Date: circa 1925

The Story of Rumpelstiltskin. From Playhour (1959)

Wee Willie Winkie " Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown, rapping at the window, crying through the lock

From Snow White & Rose Red by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Hansel & Gretel arrive at the witchs house
A Happy New Year To You -- Hansel & Gretel arrive at the witchs house and start eating the tiles off the roof. 20th century

Palemon sees Ondine dancing with her shadow
Palemon sees Ondine, a water sprite, dancing with her shadow. Captivated by her beauty he pursues her to the forest. Illustration to a fairytale by Baron Friedrich de la Motte Fouque

Thumbelina begs the Field Mouse for food
A hungry Thumbelina begs for food at the Field Mouses house. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

Thumbelina curtsies to the Tiresome Old Mole
An unhappy Thumbelina curtsies to the Tiresome Old Mole, who falls in love with her and wants her to live with him underground

Thumbelina drawn by a butterfly down a stream
Thumbelina, standing on a leaf, is drawn downstream by a butterfly. Illustration to a fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen, first published 1835

The Magic Mirror
A group of fairies and pixies fly through the air holding a magical mirror

The fairies bound me with their silken chains
A little girl in a red dress and with a huge bow in her hair is bound up with ribbons by a group of mischievous looking pixies, elves and fairies

Advert / Cinderella 1896
Cinderella arrives at the ball, the footmen bow deferentially, the major-domo waves her in

Little Mermaid / Andersen
The little mermaid watches a ship (Hans Christian Andersen)

Misfitz - The Pied Piper of Hamelin. early 20th century

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