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Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. Arthur Rackham's works have become very popular since his death, both in North America and Britain. His images have been widely used by the greeting card industry and many of his books are still in print or have been recently available in both paperback and hardback editions. His original drawings and paintings are keenly sought at the major international art auction houses. This is part 5 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham. For full biographical notes see part 1. Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. The Greek historian Herodotus mentions in passing that "Aesop the fable writer" was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE (Before the Common Era). Among references in other writers, Aristophanes, in his comedy The Wasps, represented the protagonist Philocleon as having learnt the "absurdities" of Aesop from conversation at banquets; Plato wrote in Phaedo that Socrates whiled away his jail time turning some of Aesop's fables "which he knew" into verses. Nonetheless, for two main reasons - because numerous morals within Aesop's attributed fables contradict each other, and because ancient accounts of Aesop's life contradict each other - the modern view is that Aesop probably did not solely compose all those fables attributed to him, if he even existed at all. This version originally published in 1912: 1912 Cover of Aesop's Fables Title page The Hare and the Tortoise The Gnat and the Lion The Crab and his Mother The Quack Frog The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea The Blackamoor The Two Pots Venus and the Cat The Travellers and the Plane-tree The Trees and the Axe The Lion, Jupiter, and the Elephant The Ass in the Lion's Skin The Bear and the Fox The Fisherman Piping The Fox and the Crow The Frogs and the Well The Frogs asking for a King The North Wind and the Sun The Oak and the Reeds The Owl and the Birds The Wolf and the Goat The Wolf and the Horse 1913 Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures: 1913 Cover of Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures Adrift Butterflies Fairy Wife Goblins Marjorie and Margaret Santa Claus Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme". A Christmas pantomime called Mother Goose is often performed in the United Kingdom. The so-called "Mother Goose" rhymes and stories have formed the basis for many classic British pantomimes. Mother Goose is generally depicted in literature and book illustration as an elderly country woman in a tall hat and shawl, a costume identical to the peasant costume worn in Wales in the early 20th century, but is also sometimes depicted as a goose (usually wearing a bonnet). This version originally published in 1913: 1913 Cover of Mother Goose Title page A Little Nothing Woman As I was going to St Ives... Bye, baby bunting Hark! Hark! The Dogs do Bark! Jack Sprat could eat no fat Little Miss Muffet The Fair Maid who the first of May... The Man in the wilderness asked me... There was a crooked old man... 301 There was an old woman who lived under a hill Imagina by Julia Ellsworth Ford, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford published in 1914: 1914 Cover of Imagina Frontispiece "Faerie Folk" "Please, Mermaid, come out where it is sunny." A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. The story tells of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. The book was written and published in early Victorian Era Britain, a period when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions and an initiation of new practices such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens's sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales. The tale has been viewed by critics as an indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. it has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and sombreness. A Christmas Carol remains popular and has never been out of print. This version originally published in 1915: 1915 Cover of A Christmas Carol Title page The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste and moaning as they went. The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker! There was nothing very cheerful in the climate. The ghost of Marley visits Scrooge Little Brother and Little Sister is a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's and Household Tales (Grimm's Fairy Tales). This version originally published in 1917: 1917 Cover of Little Brother and Little Sister Title page Instantly they lay still, all turned to stone Maid Maleen Suddenly the branches twined round her and turned into two arms. The Gnomes The True Sweetheart What did she find there?..but real ripe strawberries
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Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) Ring or Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) is a set of four epic operas based on Germanic mythology. The Ring Cycle includes: 1. Rhine Gold 2.The Valkyrie 3. Siegfried 4.Twilight of the Gods. The operas follow the struggles of Norse gods, heroes, and mythical creatures over a magic Ring that grants domination over the entire world. Drama and intrigue continue through three generations of protagonists, until the final cataclysmic ending of their mythic world. ___ Illustrator: Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator ___ Read and view images of Rhinegold & The Valkyrie: archive.org/stream/rhinegoldvalkyri00wagn#page/n5/mode/2up Read and view images of Siegfried & The Twilight of the gods: archive.org/stream/siegfriedtwiligh00wagn#page/n7/mode/2up Complete compellation of color images on The Golden Age blog: thegoldenagesite.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post.html
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"In the mid-path of my life, I woke to find myself in a dark wood," writes Dante in The Divine Comedy, beginning a quest that will lead to transformation and redemption. A journey through the dark of the woods is...
Many artists have created works based on The Ring Cycle but without doubt the best known, and most popular, are the 64 plates and 2 frontpiece sketches Arthur Rackham created for the two volume gif…
Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. Arthur Rackham's works have become very popular since his death, both in North America and Britain. His images have been widely used by the greeting card industry and many of his books are still in print or have been recently available in both paperback and hardback editions. His original drawings and paintings are keenly sought at the major international art auction houses. This is part 3 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham. For full biographical notes see part 1. A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play by William Shakespeare. Believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596, it portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta. These include the adventures of four young Athenian lovers and a group of six amateur actors, who are controlled and manipulated by the fairies who inhabit the forest in which most of the play is set. The play, categorised as a Comedy, is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world. Originally published in 1907, some of these illustrations have later dates. 1908 Cover of A Midsummer Night's Dream Title page Titania lying asleep Hermia Where often you and I upon faint primrose-buds were wont to lie, emptying our bosoms of their counsel sweet She never had so sweet a changeling The Meeting of Oberon and Titania Fairies away! We shall chide downright, if I longer stay To hear the sea-maid's music Ere the leviathan can swim a league On the ground sleep sound, I'll apply to your eye gentle lover, remedy Come, now a roundel …will sing, that they shall hear I am not afraid Lord, what fools these mortals be … and her fairy sent to bear him to my bower in fairy land And a fairy song Fair Helena Call'd Robin Goodfellow, are not you he that frights the maidens of the villagery …am that merry wanderer of the night O Bottom, thou art changed! What angel wakes me from my flowery bed? …ghosts, ivanciering here and there troop hovie to churchyards O monstrous! O strange we are haunted pray, masters fly, masters! Help! How now, spirit! Whither wander you Never so weary, never so in woe, bedabbled with dew and torn with briars To make my small elves coats Are you sure that we are awake. It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream Undine is a fairy-tale novella; an early German romance, written in 1811 by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué in which Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight named Huldebrand in order to gain a soul. This version originally published in 1909. 1909 Cover of Undine Title page
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Arthur Rackham self-portrait Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. Arthur Rackham's works have become very popular since his death, both in North America and Britain. His images have been widely used by the greeting card industry and many of his books are still in print or have been recently available in both paperback and hardback editions. His original drawings and paintings are keenly sought at the major international art auction houses. This is part 7 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham. For full biographical notes see part 1. Some British Ballads was an illustrated collection of traditional tales including Clerk Colvil, The Lass of Lochroyan, Young Bekie, Chevy Chase, The Gardener, The Gay Goshawk, Lord Thomas and Fair Annet, The Twa Corbies, Young Akin, Binnorie, Get Up and Bar the Door, The Riddling Knight, Lady Elspat, Johnnie of Cockerslee, The Old Cloak, Proud Lady Margaret, Young Andrew, Sir Patrick Spens, Lord Randal, The Twa Brothers, The Duke of Gordon's Daughter, The Barron of Braikly, The Lackmaben Harper, The False Lover Won Back, Lamkin, Bonnie George Campbell, Prince Robert, Earl Mar's Daughter, The Death of Parcy Reed, Hynd Horn, Helen of Kirconnell, The Bailiff's Daughter of Islington, Rare Willie Drowned in Yarrow, The Gypsy Laddie, Clyde Water, The Lady Turned Serving-Man, Earl Brand, Earl Richard, The Fair Flower of Northumberland, and The Wife of Usher's Well. This version originally published in 1919: Cover of Some British Ballads Title page Chapter heading "Clerk Colvill" Clerk Colvill O Waken, Waken, Burd Isbel The Twa Corbies Erlington May Colven Get Up and Bar the Door Johnnie de Cockerslee Young Andrew Lord Randal The False Lover Won Back Earl Mar's Daughter Hind Horn The Gypsy Laddie Irish Fairy Tales by James Stephens. Stephens (1882 – 1950) was an Irish novelist and poet. He produced many re-tellings of Irish myths and fairy tales. His stories are marked by a combination of humour and lyricism. This version originally published in 1920: 1920 Cover of Irish Fairy Tales Title page "My life became a ceaseless scurry and wound and escape, a burden and anguish of watchfulness" "Wild and shy and monstrous creatures ranged in her plains and forests" "A man who did not like dogs. In fact, he hated them. When he saw one he used to go black in the face, and he threw rocks at it until it got out of sight" "How he strained and panted to catch on that pursuing person and pursue her and get his own switch into action" "In forked glen into which he slipped at night fall he was surrounded by giant toads" "She looked with angry woe at the straining and snarling horde below" "The banqueting hall was in tumult" "The door of Fionn's chamber opened gently and a young woman came into the room" "The Hag of the Mill was a bony, thin pole of a hag with odd feet" "They stood outside, filled with savagery and terror" "The thumping of his big boots grew as continuous as the pattering of hail-stones on a roof, and the wind of his passage blew trees down" "The waves of all the worlds seemed to whirl past them in one huge green cataract" "They offered a cow for each leg of her cow, but she would not accept that offer unless Fiachna went bail for the payment" The Sleeping Beauty told by Charles Seddon Evans. The Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault or Little Briar Rose by the Brothers Grimm is a classic fairy-tale involving a beautiful princess, enchantment of sleep, and a handsome prince. Written as an original literary tale, it was first published by Charles Perrault in Histoires ou contes du temps passé in 1697. This version originally published in 1920: Cover of The Sleeping Beauty 1920
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Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) Ring or Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) is a set of four epic operas based on Germanic mythology. The Ring Cycle includes: 1. Rhine Gold 2.The Valkyrie 3. Siegfried 4.Twilight of the Gods. The operas follow the struggles of Norse gods, heroes, and mythical creatures over a magic Ring that grants domination over the entire world. Drama and intrigue continue through three generations of protagonists, until the final cataclysmic ending of their mythic world. ___ Illustrator: Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator ___ Read and view images of Rhinegold & The Valkyrie: archive.org/stream/rhinegoldvalkyri00wagn#page/n5/mode/2up Read and view images of Siegfried & The Twilight of the gods: archive.org/stream/siegfriedtwiligh00wagn#page/n7/mode/2up Complete compellation of color images on The Golden Age blog: thegoldenagesite.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post.html
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Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was born in London as one of 12 children. 1884 at the age of 17 he was sent on and ocean voyage to Australia to improve his fragile health. At the age of 18 he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892 he left his job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893 in To the Other Side by Thomas Rhodes: The Other Side Illustration from "The Other Side" His first serious commission was in 1894 for The Dolly Dialogues, the collected sketches of Anthony Hope, who later went on to write The Prisoner of Zenda.Book illustrating then became Rackham's career for the rest of his life. The Dolly Dialogues In 1903 he married Edyth Starkie, with whom he had one daughter, Barbara, in 1908. Rackham won a gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906 and another one at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1912. His works were included in numerous exhibitions, including one at the Louvre in Paris in 1914. Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the 100 years from1900 until the start of WW1. During that period there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books that typically were given as Christmas gifts. Many of Rackham's books were produced in a de luxe limited edition, often vellum bound and sometimes signed, as well as a larger, less ornately bound quarto "trade' edition. This was often followed by a more modestly presented octavo edition in subsequent years for particular books. The onset of WW1 in 1914 curtailed the market for such quality books, and the public's taste for fantasy and fairies also declined in the 1920s. Rackham invented his own unique technique which resembled photographic reproduction; he would first sketch an outline of his drawing, then lightly block in shapes and details, Afterwards he would add lines in pen and India ink, removing the pencil traces after it had dried. With colour pictures, he would then apply multiple washes of colour until translucent tints were created: 1911 Lovers ink and watercolour 22.8 x 12.6 cm He would also go on to expand the use of silhouette cuts in illustration work, particularly in the period after the First World War, as exemplified by his Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Plate from "Cinderella" Typically, Rackham contributed both colour and monotone illustrations towards the works incorporating his images - and in the case of Hawthorne's Wonder Book, he also provided a number of part-coloured images similar in style to Meiji era Japanese woodcuts. Arthur Rackham died in Limpsfield, Surrey. This is part 1 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham: The Ingoldsby Legends is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed during 1837 as a regular series in the magazine Bentley's Miscellany and later in New Monthly Magazine. The legends were illustrated by John Leech and George Cruikshank. They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published in 1840, 1842 and 1847 by Richard Bentley. They remained popular during the 19th century but have since become little known. An omnibus edition was published in 1879: The Ingoldsby Legends; or Mirth and marvels. 1898 – 1907 Illustrations originally created by Arthur Rackham in 1898 and revised in 1907, published in 1908. 1898 - 1908 The Ingoldsby Legends 1898 - 1907 "The little man had seated himself in the centre of the circle upon the large skull" 1898 - 1907 "Into the bottomless pit he fell slap" 1898 - 1907 "Wandering about and Boo-hoo-ing" 1898 - 1907 "The horn at the gate of the Barbican tower was blown with a loud twenty-trumpeter power" 1898 - 1907 "Sir Thomas, her Lord, was stout of limb" 1898 - 1907 "A flood of brown-stout he was up to his knees in" 1898 - 1907 "A grand pas de deux performed in the very first style by these two" 1898 - 1907 "And the maids cried Good gracious, how very tenacious!" 1898 - 1907 "One kick? It was but one but such a one" 1907 "Sir Rupert the Fearless" 1898 - 1907 "With a countenance only Keeley could put on" Grimm's Fairy Tales is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. They penned many popular children’s stories, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin. Illustrations by Rackham produced, and in some cases revised, between 1898 and 1909. 1898 - 1909 Grimm's Fairy Tales Title page Rip Van Winkle is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Although the story is set in New York’s Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills." This version originally published in 1905. 1904 - 1905 Rip Van Winkle
Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator. “Undine” (novella) by Friedrich de la Motte FouquéI - Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight in order to gain a soul. Contains some themes similar to “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen. Read online: archive.org/stream/undine00lamo#page/n7/mode/2up
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