#art and illustration

“Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvelous beauty.”  Color process illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett for the book, Old French Fairy Tales, published about 1920.

“Ah ha!  You are at last in my domain, little fool!”  Color process illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett, for the book, Old French Fairy Tales, published in 1920.

“They took out their precious book.”  Wood engraving by Joseph Swain, based on the artwork of John Everett Millais, for the periodical Once A Week, volume 6, December 1861 - June 1862.

Street Musician.  Etching by John Thomas Smith, for his book, “Lives of Famous London Beggars,” published in 1897.  Original etching likely reproduced by photoengraving.

“The southward journeying ducks, which would drop with loud quacking and splashing into the shallows.”  Color process illustration by Charles Livingston Bull for the book, The Haunters of the Silences, written by Charles George Douglas Roberts.  Published in 1907.

“Beneath an apple-tree our heads stretched out toward the sea.”  Color process illustration by Florence Harrison, for the book, Early Poems of William Morris, published in 1914.

The flowery-kirtl’d naiades.  Color process illustration by Arthur Rackham for John Milton’s book, Comus, published in 1921.

“Juliette Drouet.”  Lithograph by Alphonse-Leon Noel for the periodical L’Artiste, published about 1833.  Ms. Drouet was an actress and the lifelong mistress of novelist Victor Hugo.

“Violette consented willingly to pass the night in the forest.”  Color process illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett for the book, Old French Fairy Tales, published about 1920.

“Giotto in Cimabue’s studio.”  Lithograph by Alphonse-Leon Noel, based on the artwork of Jules-Claude Ziegler, for L’Artiste, published about 1830.

“Lest a nightmare should come to the fairies’ cousin twice removed on their mother’s side.”  Color process illustration by Dugald Stewart Walker for his children’s book, Dream Boats and other Stories, published in 1920.

“She looked down upon our street.”  Portrait illustration by Charles Dana Gibson, for the novel, About Paris, written by Richard Harding Davis and published in 1895.

Bookplate etching by William Bell Scott for Poems Dramatic and Lyrical, by John Byrne Warren, published in 1893.  The artwork was designed and engraved by Scott as a gift to the author.

A Winter’s night.  Etching by William Hole for The Poetry of Robert Burns, Volume 1, published in 1896.

“Under her childish gaze, a wolf that had been taken alive in the Bohemian forest crawled fawning to her feet.”  Portrait illustration by William John Hennessy, for the book The Witch of Prague; A Fantastical Tale, published in 1901.

Giant Silk Moths and purple coral tree.  Etching by Joseph Mulder, based on the artwork of Maria Sibylla Merian, for the book, “Over de Voorteeling en Wonderbaerlyke Veranderingen der Surinaamsche Insecten, published in 1730.

Study.  Wood engraving by Georges Leon Alfred Perrichon, based on the artwork of Eugene Carriere.  The portrait was included in the periodical, L’Image (1896-1897), published in Paris, France by Henri Floury.

Glance at Detroit from the city hall.  Wood engraving by John Douglas Woodward for Picturesque America, Volume 1, published in 1872.  The book was edited by William Cullen Bryant.

The shower.  Woodcut by Felix Vallotton, for his biography, published in 1898 by Edmond Sagot and J. A. Stargardt

The falling of the leaves.  Landscape etching by Alfred Taiee, based on the artwork of Jean-Francois Millet for the book, J. F. Millet:  Souvenirs de Barbizon, published in 1876.