Vintage Art

'The Swinging Bough.' A Florence Harrison illustration scanned from my own copy of Blackie's Children's Annual, 1913.

'A real live water-baby, sitting on the white sand.' A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

'The Milky Way.' An Anne Anderson illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Sleepy Song Book', 1915.

'Christmas Roses'. An Anne Anderson illustration scanned from my own 'Gillyflower Garden Book', c1915.

"It's about the Princess, my daughter. She has not smiled for a whole year." A Kay Nielsen illustration from 'In Powder and Crinoline', (1913).

'Bismarck discovering the soldier.' A Kay Nielsen illustration from 'In Powder and Crinoline', (1913).

'The most beautiful bird of paradise.' A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

'And sit upon a point of rock, among the shining sea-weeds.' A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

'He crept away among the rocks, and got to the cabinet, and behold! it was open.' A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

'My mistress' brows are raven black'. A Charles Robinson illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare', 1915.

'When all the world is young.' A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

'She was the Queen of them all.' A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

'This fair child of mine'. A Charles Robinson illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Songs and Sonnets of William Shakespeare', 1915.

'The First Prayer'. A Jessie Willcox Smith illustration scanned from my copy of 'Baby's Red Letter Days', 1901.

'Baby's First Outing'. A Jessie Willcox Smith illustration scanned from my copy of 'Baby's Red Letter Days', 1901.

'First Step'. A Jessie Willcox Smith illustration scanned from my copy of 'Baby's Red Letter Days', 1901.

'In Church'. A Millicent Sowerby illustration from my own copy of Childhood (1907), by Githa Sowerby.

'The Good Queen'. A Millicent Sowerby illustration from my own copy of Childhood (1907), by Githa Sowerby.

'The Little King'. A Millicent Sowerby illustration from my own copy of Childhood (1907), by Githa Sowerby.

'Eight O'Clock'. A Millicent Sowerby illustration from my own copy of Childhood (1907), by Githa Sowerby.

'A Morning Call'. A Millicent Sowerby illustration scanned from my own copy of Childhood (1907), by Githa Sowerby.

'The Old Chest'. A Millicent Sowerby illustration from my own copy of Childhood (1907), by Githa Sowerby.

'Spring'. A Millicent Sowerby illustration from my own copy of Childhood (1907), by Githa Sowerby.

'Quebec and Montreal'. A William Heath Robinson illustration scanned from my own copy of 'A Song of the English', 1909.

'The bud opened into a full-blown flower, in the middle of which lay a beautiful child'. A William Heath Robinson illustration scanned from my copy of 'Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales', 1913.

'The Snow Queen sat in the very middle of it when she sat at home.' An Edmund Dulac illustration scanned from my own copy of 'Stories From Hans Andersen', 1911.

'Curly' by Agnes Richardson, scanned from my own copy of 'The Blackie's Children's Annual', 1918.

'The thing whirred up into the air, and hung poised on its wings,...a dragon fly,...the king of all the flies.' A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

"That's Mother Carey." A Warwick Goble illustration scanned from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies - A Fairy Tale for a Land-Baby' (1909).

'Spreading His Coat to the Wind, He Sailed Merrily'. An Alice B. Woodward illustration from my own copy of 'The Story of Peter Pan' (1911).

'She Slipped Out of His Grasp'. An Alice B. Woodward illustration from my own copy of 'The Story of Peter Pan' (1911).

'No. She cannot be dirty. She never could have been dirty'. A Jessie Willcox Smith illustration from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies', 1916.

'The Pirate Ship'. An Alice B. Woodward illustration from my own copy of 'The Story of Peter Pan' (1911).

' "Oh, don't hurt me!" cried Tom. "I only want to look at you; you are so handsome." ' A Jessie Willcox Smith illustration from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies', 1916.

'And Tom sat upon the buoy long days'. A Jessie Willcox Smith illustration from my own copy of 'The Water-Babies', 1916.

'Walpurgis' by Adolf Munzer, from the German art magazine Jugend, 1909.