Tales Collection (page 7)

Fairy Tears
A fairy sheds tears while pleading with the North wind to allow her to return home. The tears grow into snowdrop flowers

Raleigh / Boy / Storyteller
SIR WALTER RALEIGH English navigator as a young boy, listening to a sailors exciting tales of the sea

Chaucer, the Knight
The Knight on a fine horse

Rapunzel / Briar Rose
The witch spies on Rapunzel (Grimm)

Chaucer, the Parson
The Parson with tonsure and robes

Chaucer, the Cook
The Cook on a frisky horse, gestures with his hat

Chaucer, the Prioress
The Prioress in a gesture of benediction

Chaucer, Canons Yeoman
The Canons Yeoman tells his tale

Chaucer, Clerk of Oxford
The Clerk of Oxford holding out a book

Rumpelstiltskin
By one of those happy chances which happen only in fairy tales, the queens messenger happens to be passing the gnomes home when he reveals his name as Rumpelstiltskin

Frau Holle - 1
The stepdaughter spinning at the well, where her adventure begins

At the Ogres Dwelling
Hop O My Thumb and his brothers arrive at the dwelling of the ogre in the forest; the ogres wife shines a lantern on them

Hop O my Thumb up a Tree
Hop O My Thumb climbs to the top of a tall tree to see what he can see after the brothers are lost in a dense forest

Bears Find the Chairs
Father Bear, Mother Bear and Baby Bear come home to find that someone has been sitting in their chairs, and has broken Baby Bears chair

The Little Meraid
The little mermaid sits on a rock and gazes at the lights of the distant town

An Oriental Fairy Tale - Goldbeard & the Hand of Fate
Bahama, Golden Beard, holding a Princess captive inside the magic mountain. She will later be rescued and freed from her golden fetters by a Prince who finds a miniature hand of jade. Date: 1929

A Persian fairy tale - The Rainbow by Felix de Gray
A prince falls to his knees offering jewels to the captured princess. Date: 1929

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

Patsy Henderson, (a possible member of the party that discovered gold in the Klondike in 1896), entertained White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&YR) train passengers for many years in Carcross

Spain. Castile-La Mancha. Castle of Alarcon. 8th century
Spain. Castile-La Mancha. Castle of Alarcon. Muslim origin. Medieval fortress, 8th century. Province of Cuenca

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

The Scruple. Moral Tales by Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-17
Jean Francois Marmontel (1723-1799). French writer and historian. Moral Tales. The Scruple. Edition printed in Liege, 1777. Colored engraving. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona. Spain

Coopers Home
JAMES FENIMORE COOPERs home at Cooperstown, New York, on land bought by his father; the region is the setting for his Leatherstocking Tales. Date: 1789 - 1851

Richard Harris Barham
RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM (1788 - 1845) Author, best known for his Ingoldsby Legends which include the Jackdaw of Reims, The Spectre of Tappington and other fanciful tales. Date: circa 1820

Peter C Asbjornsen
PETER CHRISTIAN ASBJORNSEN Norwegian folklorist and naturalist, noted for his collection of Norwegian folk- tales. Date: 1812 - 1885

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

Sleeping Beauty - 3
The prince enters the spellbound castle where everyone, humans and animals alike, have fallen asleep though to judge by the webs, spiders are not affected

Sleeping Beauty - 10
Refreshed after a good nights sleep, Beauty awakes to find a strange man beside her bed : however, since he is a prince, and therefore handsome, she is delighted rather than alarmed

Schwan Kleb An
The swan leads the procession - Swan, Stick On!

Cartoon, Little Red Riding Hood in a wartime version in which a little French girl encounter a German officer (wolf) hiding behind a tree. Date: 1919

Popular Healer
Madeleine, born in 1827, employed in a French chateau near Amiens, acquires a wide reputation for her healing skills based on old wives tales and traditions Date: circa 1880

Chaucer / Phillips
GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet, writer of The Canterbury Tales, also employed as a diplomat and customs officer Date: 1340 - 1400

Geoffrey Chaucer / Collyer
GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet, author of The Canterbury Tales and other works Date: 1340 - 1400

Chaucer / Robinson
GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet, writer of The Canterbury Tales, with a scene from the pilgrimage below Date: 1340 - 1400

Robber Bridegroom / Crane
Turn back, turn back, thou pretty bride, within this house thou must not bide, for here do evil things betide. Date: 1880

Old Ladys Tales
During the mid-day break at harvest-time, granny entertains the company with her tales of past times Date: early 19th century

Snow White / Lefler / Urban
(SCHEEWITTCHEN) (GRIMM) Snow White asleep in a glass coffin while the Prince looks on

Frog Prince (Lefler)
DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess takes the Frog into her bedroom - and discovers that, surprise surprise, he is really a handsome prince

King of the Waterfalls
The king is astounded as the ugly crop-haired girl is transformed into a raving beauty as she stoops to pick up some shamrock. (Irish story)

Goose Girl / Lefler&urban
The Goose Girl with her geese (Grimm)

Fairytale - Hansel and Gretel - (Brothers Grimm)
Hansel and Gretel (Grimm)

Chaucer / Freeman
GEOFFREY CHAUCER English poet, writer of The Canterbury Tales Date: 1340 - 1400

Sleeping Beauty aka Briar Rose Asleep
Beauty (aka Briar Rose ) asleep on her bed

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

The Golfers Paradise by H. M. Bateman
The Golfers Paradise - Telling them What Happened at the 16th Hole. The golfing bore epitomised in this fabulous cartoon by Bateman, showing the ultimate fantasy - a golfer seated in an armchair

Cinderella / Lefler / Urban
Cinderella with the Prince at the Ball

Front cover of Pictorial Chronicles of the Mighty Deep - The Sea, its Ships & Sailors Date: 1889

Geoffrey Chaucer, English poet
Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400), English poet, best known for his long narrative poem, The Canterbury Tales. Date: 1340 - 1400

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