Jennie Harbour’s Favourite Fairy Tales
Jennie Harbour’s Favourite Fairy Tales
My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales – Illustrated by Jennie Harbour
Jennie Harbour’s ‘My Book of Favourite Fairy Tales’ is a wonderful collection of classic fairy tales. It includes ‘Cinderella’, ‘Little Snow White’, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘Bluebeard’, ‘Thumbelina’, and ‘Beauty and the Beast’. These much-loved stories are accompanied by the magnificent colour and black-and-white illustrations of Jennie Harbour. The narratives were originally edited by Captain Edric Vredenburg, a noted British collector of folklore.
Jennie Harbour (1893 – 1950) was an immensely talented and popular illustrator. Despite this, very little is known about her life. She managed to capture the public’s imagination with her delicate and ethereal illustrations. They most commonly feature subtle yet bold washes of colour, with few of the thick black outlines so common in other illustrations of the day. Vibrant colours and Art Deco patterns full of energy and emotion characterise Harbour’s work.
My book of Favourite Fairy Tales illustrated by Jennie Harbour. – View Book
The bearskin slipped to the ground. illustration by Jennie Harbour for Snow-white and the rose-red. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
Hansel and Grethel sat down by the fire. illustration by Jennie Harbour for Hansel and Grethel. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
Illustration by Jennie Harbour for Snow-white and the rose-red. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
Illustrations by Jennie Harbour for Bluebeard and Beauty and the Beast. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
When she came to the gate in the Wall she knocked upon it three times. Illustrations by Jennie Harbour for Beauty and the Beast. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
The beautiful princess “Tufty Riquet”. Illustration by Jennie Harbour for Tufty Riquet. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
Illustration by Jennie Harbour for Princess Goldenhair. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
An ambassador was sent with more than a hundred horses, and fifty pages to bring the princess to the king. Illustration by Jennie Harbour for Princess Goldenhair. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales. – View Book
The Magic Mirror. Illustration by Jennie Harbour for Little Snow-white. From My book of Favourite Fairy Tales.– View Book
