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Vintage illustration classic children's nursery rhyme and lullaby Rock a Bye Baby. Boy in Hassoc Tree by Jessie Willcox Smith. Hush-a-bye baby On the tree top, When the wind blows The cradle will rock. When the bough breaks, The cradle will fall, Down tumbles baby, Cradle and all.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tale story book image by famous illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith. Little Red Riding Hood is a young girl on her way to her grandmother's house with a basket full of baked goodies when the scary big bad wolf meets her in the forest.

Vintage illustration fairy tales image Cinderella by artist illustrator Edmund Dulac, 1910, from the book "The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales" as retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This image features Cinderella running from the ball at the castle, down the stairs, and through the palace gardens while the clock is chiming midnight. Stars are twinkling bright in the night sky.

Vintage illustration fairy tales image featuring the Genie from Arabian Nights by artist illustrator Edmund Dulac.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales and nursery rhymes story book image by Edmund Dulac. This design has a variety of storybook characters including the Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, the Three Blind Mice, the king in his counting house and blackbirds from Sing a Song of Six Pence, Aladdin and his magic lamp, a princess and her Prince Charming and various fairies just to name a few.

Vintage illustration classic children's story image, The Sleeping Beauty by artist illustrator Edmund Dulac, 1910, from the book "The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales" as retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This image features a princess in a tree speaking to a little man. "But news of it was brought to her by a little dwarf, who owned a pair of seven-league boots"

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales image The Adventures of Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess Badoura by Edmund Dulac. 1913. From Princess Badoura: A Tale from the Arabian Nights. Princess Badoura is a beautiful Asian woman standing with a fan next to a footbridge bridge and a flying crane bird. Princess Badoura is one of Laurence Housman's retelling of a classic tale attributed to Scheherezade - daughter of the Grand Vizier to Sultan Shahriar (and also wife to the Sultan). The lady Badoura rules in her husband's stead while he undertakes a series of adventures. Upon his return, Badoura consents to her Prince taking another wife.

Vintage illustration fairy tale image Cinderella by artist illustrator Edmund Dulac, 1910, from the book "The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales" as retold by Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch. This image features the fairy godmother with Cinderella in the pumpkin patch. "And her godmother pointed to the finest of all with her wand"

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales image, The Nightingale by artist illustrator Edmund Dulac, 1911, from the book "Stories from Hans Andersen," by Hans Christian Andersen. The story of an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. There are three people on a bridge crossing a river at night using a Chinese lantern to light the way.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales image, The Mermaid by artist illustrator Edmund Dulac, 1911, from the book "Stories from Hans Andersen," by Hans Christian Andersen. A mermaid or merman is a mythological creature from the ocean that is half human and half fish. The Merman King is feeding some fish in the sea.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales story image The Real Princess (aka The Princess and the Pea) by artist illustrator Edmund Dulac, 1911, from the book "Stories from Hans Andersen," by Hans Christian Andersen. This image features a girl sleeping in a fancy four poster bed stacked tall with mattresses with a pea hidden underneath.

Vintage illustration classic children's fairy tales image featuring Gerda and the Reindeer by Edmund Dulac. 1911. Gerda and the Reindeer comes from the story "The Snow Queen" in the Book "Stories from Hans Andersen" by Hans Christian Andersen. Gerda and the Reindeer features a child, a girl named Gerda, kissing a reindeer in the snow covered forest during the winter season at Christmas.

Vintage illustration fairy tales image featuring Alice, the White Rabbit and the Mad Hatter having a tea party. From 'Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll , 1907. Illustration by Arthur Rackham.

Mother Goose nursery rhyme image illustrated by artist Arthur Rackham, 1913. Vintage illustration Little Miss Muffet design featuring a young girl sitting on the grass under a tree with a spider web eating her curds and whey. A big, scary spider is behind her holding a top hat.

Vintage illustration fairy tales and nursery rhymes story book image featuring Gulliver kissing the hand of the Queen of Brobdingnag who is a giant in comparison. 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift, part II, Gulliver in Brobdingnag, 1909. Artist: Arthur Rackham.

Vintage illustration fairy tales and nursery rhymes story book image featuring Ashenputtel (Aschenputtel) aka Cinderella. Cinderella dressed like a royal fairy princess to get ready to dance at the ball. From 'Snowdrop and other Tales by the Brothers Grimm' 1920. Cinderella by Arthur Rackham.

Vintage illustration fairy tales image featuring a young girl. The princess is being held by a scary forest creature, a tree that has branches for arms and the face of a woman. From Little Brother and Little Sister and Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1917. The Old Woman in the Wood by Arthur Rackham.

Vintage illustration fairy tales and nursery rhymes story book image featuring gnomes and trolls running through the forest past large mushrooms. "A band of workmen, who were sawing down a toadstool, rushed away, leaving their tools behind them" from 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' by J.M. Barrie, 1906. Artist: Arthur Rackham (1867-1939).

Vintage illustration fairy tales design featuring the twin sisters Snow White and Rose Red rescuing a dwarf in the forest. By the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

Vintage illustration Victorian black and white fairy tales story image by Sir John Tenniel in Lewis Carroll's book Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, 1865. Alice is portrayed as a quaintly logical girl, sometimes even pedantic. She is seven years old but acts much older. Humpty Dumpty is sitting on a wall and discussing semantics and pragmatics with Alice.

Vintage illustration football sports image featuring a player , the kicker, is about to kick the ball trying to make a field goal and playing the game.

Vintage illustration sports football image featuring a player playing in a game. Offensive Running Back number 31 has the ball and is trying to score a touchdown!

Vintage illustration football sports image with a young quarterback player about to throw the ball and his future quarterback, number 12, in his shadow. Dreaming of playing pro ball one day.

Vintage illustration football sports image with two football players and the referee holding the ball about to toss a coin to see who starts the football game. Time to play ball!

Vintage illustration football sports image featuring a quarterback player running with the ball trying to make a touchdown and playing the game.

Vintage illustration sports football image featuring a quarterback about to pass the ball during a game and other football players playing and trying to make a tackle.

Vintage illustration sports football design featuring a player playing a game. The quarterback has the ball and is running past the team bulldog mascot and the initials HP to make a touchdown.

Vintage illustration sports football image with two teams playing football, blue versus gold players. The quarterback has the ball and is dropping back to make a play and pass or he might run with it.

Vintage illustration sports football image with a repeating pattern of a Quarterback with a football.

Vintage illustration sports football image featuring a sad fan sitting in the bleachers after the home team loses the big game.

Vintage illustration stylized sports football design featuring players playing a fun Sunday game. The quarterback has the ball for the red team and the blue team is trying to tackle him.

Vintage illustration sports boxing design featuring two boxers fighting.

Vintage illustration sports boxing design featuring boxers, a manager and the referee in a boxing ring before the match.

Vintage illustration sports boxing image featuring a referee counting out the boxer. The fighter is down for the count and knocked out.

Vintage illustration sports boxing design featuring a fighter getting out of the ring after a fight to speak with his manager.

Vintage illustration sports boxing design featuring a profile of a Victorian Era boxer posing in a fight stance.