The Legacy of Arthur Rackham – Inspiring Hockney and Guillermo del Toro
The Legacy of Arthur Rackham’s Work – Inspiring David Hockney and Guillermo del Toro Arthur Rackham, one of the most influential and renowned illustrators of the 19th Century (known as the greatest illustrator of the Edwardian […]
Arthur Rackham’s Aesop’s Fables
Arthur Rackham’s Aesop’s Fables Aesop was a slave and storyteller living in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BCE. His book of fables, known as Aesop’s Fables is a wonderful collection of moral tales for children. These […]
The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea – An Aesop Fable
The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea A shipwrecked man cast up on the beach fell asleep after his struggle with the waves. When he woke up, he bitterly reproached the Sea for its treachery in enticing […]
Catskin – An English Cinderella Tale
Catskin is an English Cinderella tale collected by Joesph Jacobs from his book More English Fairy Tales. It is identified as a Cinderella tale as it shares the ‘persecuted heroine’ theme. It tells the tale of a young […]
Mr and Mrs Vinegar – An English Fairy Tale
Mr and Mrs Vinegar is an old English fairy tale taken from Flora Annie Steel’s English Fairy Tales. This wonderful book, originally published in 1922, is illustrated by Arthur Rackham. This story tells a tale of married […]
Arthur Rackham Cinderella Silhouettes
Arthur Rackham’s Cinderella Silhouettes Arthur Rackham is one of the most celebrated illustrators of the British Golden Age of Illustration. Advances in printing and photographic techniques meant he revolutionised modern illustrated books of the time, working […]
Rumpelstiltskin – A Tale by the Brothers Grimm
The legend of Rumpelstiltskin has a long history and sees many variations across different cultures. There’s Tom-Tit-Tot in English folklore, Whuppity Stoorie in Scotland, Gilitrutt in Iceland, and Joaidane in Arabic. The most famous, however, is […]
Little Briar-Rose – A Sleeping Beauty Story from the Brothers Grimm
Little Briar-Rose (Dornrönschen) is a Sleeping Beauty story by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm. There are many variations of Sleeping Beauty type tales, many of which feature some dark harrowing themes. However the Grimm version, […]
The Fisherman and the Genie – An Arabian Nights Tale
The Fisherman and the Genie is a tale from The Arabian Nights. This tale tells of a humble fisherman meeting a vengeful and bitter genie, a different type of genie than the one we are used […]
The Steadfast Tin Soldier Story- A Hans Christian Andersen Tale
The Steadfast Tin Soldier story was first published in October of 1838, in Andersen’s Fairy Tales Told to Children: New Collection, First Booklet. It appeared alongside stories ‘The Daisy’ and ‘The Wild Swans’, but went on […]
Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Perrault’s Fairy Tales
Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Perrault’s Fairy Tales These gorgeous illustrations have been selected from Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault. A wonderful collection of Perrault’s magical fairy tales originally published in 1922. The illustrations are incredibly delicate […]
Tom Tit Tot by Joseph Jacobs – An English Rumpelstiltskin Tale
Tom Tit Tot is the English variant of the Rumpelstiltskin fairy tale collected by Joseph Jacobs in his English Fairy Tales, published in 1890. Like the German tale, the name-guessing game is crucial to the story. […]
