EditorialKing Alfred and the cakes'. The folk tale of Alfred and the accidental burning of the griddle cakes. In 878, after the Danes captured Chippenham, Alfred was forced to retreat into the wilderness, and it is to this period that the story of King Alfred b...
EditorialWashington Irving (1783-1859). US writer. Portrait. The Sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Bell & Daldy, London, 1865. Author of 'the legend of sleepy hollow', a folk tale and ghost story. Source: 12355.g.8, frontispiece.
EditorialWashington Irving. ( 1783 - 1859 ). US writer. Portrait. The Life of George Washington. New York, 1856 - 1859. Author of 'the legend of sleepy hollow', a folk tale and ghost story. Source: 010883.i.2 volume 1, opposite 1.
EditorialLittle Red Riding Hood, Print made by imitator of George Baxter, 18041867, British, Printed by Le Blond & Co., after 1856, Aquatint and stipple engraving; color woodcut done by Le Blond & Co. on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, la...
EditorialA-Hunting We Will Go, Print made by Alfred W. Cooper, active 18501901, British, after Alfred W. Cooper, active 18501901, British, undated, Wood-engraving with hand coloring on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 4 15/16 x 5 3/16 inches ...
EditorialA-Hunting We Will Go (tail piece), Print made by Alfred W. Cooper, active 18501901, British, after Alfred W. Cooper, active 18501901, British, undated, Wood-engraving with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 3...
Editorial'The wolf and the lamb'. Two women, one wearing wolf's fur and the other, wearing lamb's skin, over their clothes. Illustration for a folk tale. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 04/11/1876. Source: Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 04/11/1...
EditorialIchabod Crane riding his horse, Gunpowder, being chased by the headless horseman, a ghost. The legend of sleepy hollow. The Sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Artist's. Bell & Daldy; London,1865. Folk tale. Short story. Phantom. Source: 12355.g.8, 4...
EditorialMonk praying. Asagao no Tsuyu. early Edo period (1640-1680). Prince Dew prays at a temple by a waterfall. From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image taken from Asagao no Tsuyu. Originally pub...
EditorialLantern Slide - A Kiss, 1860-1920, Alternative Name(s); Children's Slide; Magic Lantern Slide Lantern slide, possibly depicting part of a folk tale. It depicts a kiss. Part of the Francis Collection of pre-cinematic apparatus and ephemera the Australia...
EditorialWashington Irving. ( 1783 - 1859 ). US writer. Portrait. The Life of George Washington. New York, 1856 - 1859. Author of 'the legend of sleepy hollow', a folk tale and ghost story. Source: 010883.i.2 volume 1, opposite 1.
EditorialMonk praying. Asagao no Tsuyu. early Edo period (1640-1680). Prince Dew prays at a temple by a waterfall. From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image taken from Asagao no Tsuyu. Originally pub...
EditorialMonk meditating by a lake. Asagao no Tsuyu. early Edo period (1640-1680). From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image taken from Asagao no Tsuyu. Originally published/produced in early Edo per...
EditorialWomen in a hut. Asagao no Tsuyu. early Edo period (1640-1680). From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image taken from Asagao no Tsuyu. Originally published/produced in early Edo period (1640-1...
EditorialWashington Irving. ( 1783 - 1859 ). US writer. Portrait. The Life of George Washington. New York, 1856 - 1859. Author of 'the legend of sleepy hollow', a folk tale and ghost story. Source: 010883.i.2 volume 1, opposite 1.
EditorialPrince Dew visits Lady Morning-Glory. Asagao no Tsuyu. Tanrokuton, early Edo period (1640-1680). From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image taken from Asagao no Tsuyu. Originally published/pr...
EditorialWomen weeping. Asagao no Tsuyu. early Edo period (1640-1680). From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image taken from Asagao no Tsuyu. Originally published/produced in early Edo period (1640-16...
EditorialBuddhist monk in contemplation. Asagao no Tsuyu. early Edo period (1640-1680). After the death of Lady Morning Glory, Prince Dew becomes a monk. From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image take...
EditorialKing Alfred and the cakes'. The folk tale of Alfred and the accidental burning of the griddle cakes. In 878, after the Danes captured Chippenham, Alfred was forced to retreat into the wilderness, and it is to this period that the story of King Alfred b...
Editorial'The wolf and the lamb'. Two women, one wearing wolf's fur and the other, wearing lamb's skin, over their clothes. Illustration for a folk tale. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 04/11/1876. Source: Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News. 04/11/1...
EditorialIchabod Crane riding his horse, Gunpowder, being chased by the headless horseman, a ghost. The legend of sleepy hollow. The Sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Artist's. Bell & Daldy; London,1865. Folk tale. Short story. Phantom. Source: 12355.g.8, 4...
EditorialMonk praying. Asagao no Tsuyu. early Edo period (1640-1680). Prince Dew prays at a temple by a waterfall. From the folk tale Asagao no Tsuyu, the tragic love story of Prince Dew and Lady Morning-Glory. Image taken from Asagao no Tsuyu. Originally pub...
EditorialWashington Irving (1783-1859). US writer. Portrait. The Sketch book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. Bell & Daldy, London, 1865. Author of 'the legend of sleepy hollow', a folk tale and ghost story. Source: 12355.g.8, frontispiece.
EditorialWhat fearful shapes and shadows beset his path amidst the dim and ghastly glare of a snowy night !. Ichabod Crane imagining a phantom at his shoulder. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1899. American ghost story and folk tale. ...
EditorialCINDERELLA'S PUMPKIN. GUSTAVE DOR?. Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre,Cenerentola,Aschenputtel, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward.
EditorialCINDERELLA IN THE CORNER. AFTER BERTRAND. Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper, Cendrillon, ou La petite Pantoufle de Verre,Cenerentola,Aschenputtel, is a folk tale embodying a myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward.