Tale Collection (page 8)

Misfitz - Peter Pan. early 20th century

Misfitz - Jack and the Beanstalk. early 20th century

Misfitz - Cinderella. early 20th century

Pierce Egans Anecdotes: Charley Tell-Tale cartoon
Colour plate: Charley Tell-Tale: keeping the P.P. Gents on the broad Grin with his laughable Anecdotes from Pierce Egans anecdotes of the turf, the chase, the ring and the stage, 1827

Miss Rose Coghlan as Lady Marsden
Miss Rose Coghlan (1851-1932), English actress, in the role of Lady Marsden, in a production of All For Her, a play by Hermann Merivale and Palgrave Simpson, based on the Dickens novel

Shakespeare - The Winters Tale - Leontes: Still virginalling. circa 1830

The Winters Tale - title page - the abandoned baby Perdita is found. 1862

The Man Who Gave Cook Notice by Bateman. A tale of what not to do. The Cook is stood in the centre of the room, she has long nails, high heels and a diamond ring

The Man Whose Reservations Blew Overboard by Bateman
The Man Whose Entire Outfit of Hotel, Railroad, and Streamship Reservations Blew Overboard by Bateman. Cartoon by H. M. Bateman illustrating the sorry tale of a man who did not keep hold of his

The Cutting Short of a Long Story by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man blowing up the tire on his bicycle. An old man possibly a vicar comes along and starts to tell a story

The Glass Slipper by Gordon Nicoll
Fantasy illustration showing a woman in a spangled costume fleeing down some steps. The title of the picture, The Glass Slipper, implies this is Cinderella. Date: 1937

Buying A House by H M Bateman is an illustration on the dangers of buying a house. The couple dance in the big rooms and run up and down the stairs and buy impulsively

Unrecognised Heroism by H M Bateman, is an illustration of " The couple who go to a wedding without sending a present"

Caliph Stork, an eastern tale -- the Caliph asks Selim the Learned to decipher a document for him which he has bought from the peddler

Who said Liar? Confident young chap tells a likely fib
Who Said Liar? - A red-faced rather-awkward-looking young chaps tells a rather tall tale: " And Bai Jove She fell in love with me on the spot, Doncherknow" ! Date: 1910

Grimms Fairy Tales
Fairy tale illustration from The Goose Girl. Date: circa 1930

The Wooing of Florine, by Felix de Gray -- The Prince Charming who became a Blue Bird. 1926

Swifts Bowery, Loughery, where The Tale of the Tub was Written - a view of an unusual building surrounded by foliage. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Tyrone: Loughry td.). Date: circa early 1900s

British Mediterranean Fleet Sports Day - Prize Giving at the Ben-Marl Stadium, rigged up by the crews of the HMS Benbow and the HMS Marlborough of the 4th Battle Squadron

Fantastic Adventures - The Tale of the red dwarf
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, May 1947, featuring the story The Tale of the red dwarf who writes with his tail by the red dwarf. A big plump looking devil is writing with his own tail in a book

Charles Perrault (1628-1703). French writer. Tom Thumb. Engr
Charles Perrault (1628-1703). French writer. Tom Thumb. Hop-o -My-Thumbs ogre. Engraving by Gustave Dore (1832-1883), 1862. Colored

Family reading tales of Charles Perrault. Engraving by Pannemaker. 19th century

The Sleeping Beauty. Engraving. Colored
The Sleeping Beauty. The miracle of love. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Mary Anderson in the role of Hermione
Mary Anderson (1859-1940). American actress. Mary Anderson in the role of Hermione, wife of Leontes in Shakespeares The Winters Tale. Engraving in The Iberian Illustration, 1885. Colored

Alexander Pushkin (1799 1837). Russian author. The Tale o
Alexander Pushkin (1799 1837). Russian author of the Romantic era. Poem The Tale of the Golden Cockerel, 1834. First page of the French edition Le Coq d or. Illustrations by Boris Zworykine

Moral Tales by Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799). Colored
Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799). French writer and historian. Moral Tales. Title cover. Edition printed in Liege, 1777. Colored engraving. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Minstrel reciting poems and songs. Germany
Germany. Minstrel reciting poems and songs at the foot of a lime tree in the village square. Colored engraving of Germania, 1882

Room by Munthe at Holmencollen near Oslo
Fairy-tale Room designed by Gerhard Munthe at the hotel Holmencollen (Holmenkollen) near Oslo Date: 1905

Caricature of Harry Paulton, actor and dramatist
Caricature of Harry Paulton (1842-1917), actor and dramatist. Seen here outside the Avenue Theatre, London, in cloak and hat -- Manteaux Noirs; or, a Tale of the Embankment

Title page, Ching Hoti, A Chinese Love Tale. circa 1850s

Five Japanese girls reading a Fairy Tale amid the blossom
A beautiful card showing five Japanese girls reading a Fairy Tale amid the blossom Date: 1905

Thomas Day, Author
THOMAS DAY The author of Sandford and Merton, an improving tale. Date: 1748 - 1789

Sleeping Beauty - 2
The prince arrives at the spellbound castle where everyone, humans and animals alike, have fallen asleep where they stood or sat

Weirauch as Hermione
The German actress Elisabeth Weirauch as Hermione, early 20th century. Date: first produced 1610/11

Tennis Book Cover
Cover design for Goodbye Summer ! by Catherine Mary Maesorley, an epic tale of smashed hopes, happy returns mixed partners and love all Date: circa 1900

Little Red Riding Hood fancy dress
A quartet in fancy dress costume dressed up as the main characters in the fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf costume is particularly sinister. Date: c.1910

Posada, Story of the Wolf and the Fox
Story of the Wolf and the Fox, originally a Brothers Grimm fairytale. Date: circa 1900s

Telling the Tale by Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare
Reverse of promotional postcard for Telling The Tale by Sydney Blow and Douglas Hoare from Une Nuit de Noces by Henri Keroul and Albert Barre (Theatre des Folies Dramatiues, Paris)

Manuscript with story about a dog and a wolf
Page from an illustrated manuscript with a story entitled The Dog and the Wolf, in a collection of fables by Ulrich Boner, Der Edelstein The Precious Stone), completed circa 1349

Rothomago
Promotional flyer for Rothomago, a fairy tale fantasy in twenty-five paintings (five acts including a prologue) by MM. D Ennery, Clairville and Albert Monnier. Theatre du Chatelet, Paris

A carefree boy
Jog on, Jog on the footpath way?. Poem from Shakespeares Winters Tale. A happy boy keen to move on in life. Artist: Florence Hardy Date: 1909

Stone Pagoda Monument - erected for Taira-no-Kiyomori, Kobe, Japan. Taira-no-Kiyomori was a samurai warrior in medieval Japan

Family scenes on a three-part Christmas card, looking back to previous generations. Date: circa 1890s

Little dog with a letter on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Five humanised pigs on a Christmas card, with a comic verse. Date: circa 1890s

The Man Who Had A Tale To Tell. Southbank, Teesside 1970s 1970s

Illustration, King Thrushbeard -- The Beggar took the Princess by the hand, and led her away with him on foot. Date: 1909

Illustration, The Water of Life -- Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are? Date: 1909

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