Tales Collection

Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims on the road
* NOTE - FULL FILE IS A LONG PANORAMA - Preview split into 3 sections for ease of viewing * Chaucers Canterbury Pilgrims on the road reproduction of a painting by Stephen Reid (1873-1948) (from left)

Chaucers Pilgrims by Pauline Baynes
The numerous pilgrims from The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, pictured riding in procession

The Ghost Story by Alfred Bestall
A family sit in the dark by a blazing fire, rigid with fear while listening to a ghost story told by an aged relative. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to them, the sceptre of a medieval knight

Marsh King / Harry Clarke
Illustration of the Marsh Kings daughter in an oval frame

Snow Queen Harry Clarke
Kay meets the Snow Queen

The Pardoners Tale
The three rogues search in the woods for death

Salem Witches: Tituba
Titubas tales alarm the children, who accuse her of being a witch

The Moonchild by Florence Mary Anderson
A small, angelic looking child is carried through the sky in a basket held by a colourful group of fairies and pixies. c.1925

Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie - Kissed the girls and made them cry. When the boys came out to play - Georgie Porgie ran away

Fairy Tales of Autumn - Hansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes
Hansel and Gretel by Pauline Baynes, one of a series of four illustrations of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this case

The Land of Christmas Plays by Pauline Baynes
Charming illustration showing a land populated by all the characters from Christmas plays and pantomimes including Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk and Robinson Crusoe

Old Woman in the Wood
The tree turns back into the Kings son, to the surprise and pleasure of the girl. (A dramatic instance of magical shape-changing or metamorphosis)

Fairy Tales of Winter - Cinderella by Pauline Baynes
Cinderella by Pauline Baynes, one of four illustration of fairy tales which reflect each season. In this instance, Cinderella is transformed by her fairy godmother into a dazzling princess while her

Tom Thumb + Butterfly
He rides on the back of a butterfly

Cinderella by Arthur Rackham
Cinderellas sisters arriving for the Ball in all their finery. Date: 1919

Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger by Arthur Rackham
The crucial moment in the story of Sleeping Beauty when Beauty pricks her finger on a spinning wheel thus sending her to sleep for a number of years

Chaucer, Wife of Bath
The Wife of Bath on her pilgrimage

The Star Money - 1
Die Sternthaler : the child gathers up the star money

Knights Tale, Joust
Palamon desireth to slay his foe Arcite

The Hut of Baba Yaga
The Baba Yaga chases the girl in a pestle

She Chose Me For Her Horse. Illustration By Lucy Kemp Welch From The Book Black Beauty By A. Sewell Published 1915

Goldilocks / Willcox Smith
Goldilocks gives three teddy bears a talking-to

Frog Prince & Princess
The princess discovers a frog at her feet: curiously, he too is wearing a crown

POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849). American writer. Historias Extraordinarias (Extraordinary Tales). Spanish edition

Cinderella by Arthur Rackham
Ella, aka Cinderella, in her beautiful gown, dancing with the Prince at the Ball. Date: 1919

Herodotus, Greek historian, artwork
Herodotus. Historical artwork of Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484-425 BC), a Greek historian from Iona who documented the Greco-Persian wars, which occurred in 490 and 480-479 BC

Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham
Princess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty, pictured in a perfect pose as she sleeps for a hundred years after pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel

Off to Fairyland by Muriel Dawson
A small child engrossed in a huge book of fairy tales

Pilgrims Depart / Chaucer
The Canterbury Pilgrims depart the Tabard Inn, Southwark and head away from London into Kent

Princess and the Pea
I have scarcely closed my eyes all night, complains the princess, proving that she is a REAL princess, so sensitive that single a pea beneath her mattress keeps her awake

Emperors Nightingale
The whole court was present, even to the little kitchen wench... - to hear the Nightingale

Emperors New Clothes
The royal tailors admire their craftsmanship

Frog Prince (Anderson)
DER FROSCHKONIG The Princess promises friendship to the Frog if he will retrieve her beloved golden ball which has fallen into his pond

Sleeping B / Lefler / Urban
The Prince wakes Sleeping Beauty from her sleep with a kiss

Grimm / Wren & Bear
A scene from the story showing a fox in conversation with the bear

Trying on that Slipper
Trying on the slipper

Thumbkinetta (Boyle 2)
Thumbkinetta (Tommelise) rides on a swallows back

Cinderella by Arthur Rackham
Ella, aka Cinderella, sitting in rags with a broom in her hand. Date: 1919

Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham
An unsuccessful princely suitor tries to fight his way through the thicket of thorns surrounding the castle where Sleeping Beauty slumbers

Title page, Grimm Brothers, collected tales
Title page, Childrens and Household Tales, collected by the Grimm Brothers. 19th century

Jack Spriggins and the Enchanted Bean. English folk or fairy tale that appeared in this form in 1734, and later became Jack and the Beanstalk. Date: Late 18th Century

Illustration, Sweetheart Roland -- The Maiden fetched the magic wand, and then she took her stepsisters head. Date: 1909

Scenery for Aladdin, Pollocks Toy Theatre, with two rounded arches opening onto a seascape. Date: late 19th century

Bierling Kuno Holzschnitzerei, Oberammergau
The Bierling Kuno Holzschnitzerei Andenken at Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany. Oberammergau is also famous for its Luftlmalerei

Nikolay Urvantsev, Soviet geologist
Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (1893-1985), Soviet geologist, speaking in public at his 80th birthday celebration. Urvantsev is best known for his exploration of northern Siberia and the Arctic

Medical prescription, satirical artwork
Medical prescription. Satirical artwork titled Of Prescribing Foolishly, showing a patient in bed with a doctor in a fools hat (right) holding aloft a proposed treatment

Sleeping Beauty by Arthur Rackham
Princess Briar Rose, aka Sleeping Beauty turns a key in the lock of a door, where she is about to meet the wicked old fairy, whose spindle will prick her finger sending her, and the royal household

Fairy Tales of Summer - Sleeping Beauty by Pauline Baynes
Sleeping Beauty by Pauline Baynes, one of a four illustrations of a fairy tale to reflect each season. In this instance, the handsome prince emerges from the forest to find Sleeping Beauty

Chaucer, the Friar
The Friar carrying a staff

Little Red Riding Hood
The wicked wolf disguises himself as Red Riding Hoods grandmother and asks her to get into bed with him

Offenbach Hoffmann
(The Tales of Hoffmann) The closing scene of the Venetian episode : Hoffmann watches as Guilietta goes off with another lover

The Little Mermaid before a statue in the sea, illustration for a fairy tale by Hans
CHT157306 The Little Mermaid before a statue in the sea, illustration for a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75), from Album du Pere Castor published by Flammarion

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus the Good Shepherd

The Key to the Moon by Florence Mary Anderson
Enchanting illustration showing a small child climbing a ladder to unlock a small door in the moon while a group of fairies and elves hover around in the starlit sky. circa 1920

High Above the Town by Florence Mary Anderson
A group of children with a baby fly high above a town in a winged cradle, accompanied by a fairy. c.1925

Poe / Cask of Amontillado
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO Fortunato, dressed as a clown, is duped into a trip to the vaults

Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Muriel Baines
Illustration, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, by Muriel Baines Date: 20th century

Ogre cooking people for breakfast (litho)
7149264 Ogre cooking people for breakfast (litho) by Kley, Heinrich (1863-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ogre cooking people for breakfast)

In The Orchard. Illustration By Lucy Kemp Welch From The Book Black Beauty By A. Sewell Published 1915

Illustration, The Cat and Mouse in Partnership -- The Cat stole away behind the city walls to the church. Date: 1909

Sleeping Beauty by Felix de Gray
Scene from the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty showing the moment when the Prince finds Aurora asleep but looking remarkably perfect considering shes been out like a light for over a hundred years

Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus (E.T.A.) (1776-1822). German writer. Contes Fantastiques (Fantastic Tales). Edition carried

Cartoon - Swallowing a yarn
A little blackbird fails to consume a length of twine: " I can t swallow that yarn." Date: circa 1915

Rackham / Cinderella / G ma
Cinderella with her fairy godmother about to get into the carriage which was once a pumpkin

Poe / Tales / Telltale Heart
THE TELL-TALE HEART (Page footer: heart & head). Date: First published: 1842

Chaucer Reads at Court
GEOFFREY CHAUCER Chaucer reads one of his Canterbury Tales to Edward III and his court, at Sheen Castle in Surrey

Cinderella Changes
Her Fairy Godmother turns a pumpkin into a coach, and Cinders kitchen dress into a sumptuous gown

Chaucer, the Monk
The Monk on horseback, riding with spurs

Chaucer, Doctor O Physic
The Doctor of Physic holds up a flask to the light

Poe / Fall of House Usher
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Roderick & his twin sister, Madeline, inside the house

Youth Learns Fear / Grimm
A boy fearlessly encounters two giant black cats on his journey to discover the meaning of fear Date: circa 1905

Cinderella & Prince
The Prince is charmed by this unknown beauty and offers her gifts of fruit. He hardly acknowledges the presence of the other ladies at the ball

Chaucer, Wife of Bath
So much of dalliance and fair speech

Grimm / Hans the Hedgehog
The king makes a promise to Hans the hedgehog

Poe / Purloined Letter
THE PURLOINED LETTER " Dupin stepped to the card rack & took the letter."

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Snow White makes herself useful in the home of the Seven Dwarfs

Chaucers pilgrims, led by himself
LLM455680 Chaucers pilgrims, led by himself by Skelton, Joseph Ratcliffe (fl.1888-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: Chaucers pilgrims, led by himself)

Illustration for Vassilisa The Beautiful (colour litho)
5998678 Illustration for Vassilisa The Beautiful (colour litho) by Bilibin, Ivan (1876-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration for Vassilisa The Beautiful.); © Look and Learn

Little Bo-Peep (coloured engraving)
6028108 Little Bo-Peep (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Little Bo-Peep)

Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus and Girl
Biblical Tales by John Lawson, Jesus healing the Rich Mans Liittle Daughter

The Babes In The Wood (colour litho)
6032859 The Babes In The Wood (colour litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Babes In The Wood. Victorian scraps.); Look and Learn / Barbara Loe Collection

"I Have Hardly Closed My Eyes The Whole Night! Heaven Knows What Was In The Bed
" I Have Hardly Closed My Eyes The Whole Night! Heaven Knows What Was In The Bed. I Seemed To Be Lying Upon Some Hard Thing, And My Whole Body Is Black And Blue This Morning

Elder-Tree Mother
The mother is covered all over with elder-flowers

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Immerse yourself in a world of enchanting tales, where Chaucer's Pilgrims embark on a captivating journey depicted by Pauline Baynes. Feel the spine-tingling suspense as Alfred Bestall weaves 'The Ghost Story' with haunting precision. Lose yourself in the mesmerizing illustrations of Harry Clarke, as he brings to life the chilling Snow Queen and the mysterious Marsh King. Unlock your imagination with Richard Dadd's masterpiece, 'The Fairy Fellers Master-Stroke', revealing an intricate realm beyond our wildest dreams. Step into the eerie forest and encounter the enigmatic 'Old Woman in the Wood', her secrets hidden within ancient trees. Delve into darkness with 'The Pardoner's Tale', unraveling moral dilemmas that still resonate today. Uncover Salem's bewitching history through Tituba, one of its infamous witches who ignited hysteria and fear. Witness bravery personified as a woman raises her skirts to scare off evil itself - a testament to resilience against all odds. Relive childhood memories with Georgie Porgie, whose mischievous adventures continue to captivate hearts across generations. Experience autumnal magic through Pauline Baynes' rendition of Hansel and Gretel - their tale reminding us that even amidst adversity, courage can lead us home again. Finally, join Chaucer's Canterbury Pilgrims on their road to self-discovery; each character representing humanity’s diverse tapestry. In these tales lies an invitation: immerse yourself in worlds where reality intertwines seamlessly with fantasy – where legends come alive at every turn.