Frontispiece for Goblin Market, 1933 by Arthur Rackham.
Rackham's illustrations for Christina Rossetti's poem are full of the detail that make his artwork popular with young and old, alike.
Like Father, Like Son
Egrets, c. 1945 by NC Wyeth, Mural for the Metropolitan Life Building.
NC Wyeth is the father of Andrew Wyeth. He is best known as a book illustrator and made many famous tales such as Robin Hood and Treasure Island come alive for young readers.
Sick in Bed
The Land of Counterpane by Jessie Wilcox Smith
The Land of Counterpane by Robert Louis Stevenson
When I was sick and lay a-bed,
I had two pillows at my head,
And all my toys beside me lay,
To keep me happy all the day.
And sometimes for an hour or so
I watched my leaden soldiers go,
With different uniforms and drills,
Among the bed-clothes, through the hills;
And sometimes sent my ships in fleets
All up and down among the sheets;
Or brought my trees and houses out,
And planted cities all about.
I was the giant great and still
That sits upon the pillow-hill,
And sees before him, dale and plain,
The pleasant land of
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Bird Land
Mystery of the Missing Migrants by Charley Harper, various galleries.
Charley Harper is best known for his book illustrations from the mid 20th century.
Romance of the Sea
Captain Kidd, 1907 by Howard Pyle.
Pyle was better known as an illustrator and this comes from the Book of Pirates, which he also wrote.