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Mother Holle Images

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Vintage Illustrations of Mother Holle The Grimms' fairy tale Mother Holle is often titled Mother Hulda or Mother Frost. In Bechstein's version (same story, different title), it's Goldmarie and Pechmarie, and it's related, although the experts' opinions differ, to a mythological character, Perchta. We could probably continue, but it's our intention to present it only with vintage color illustrations. So, let's begin! Anne Anderson (1874-1952) She illustrated the fairy tale under the title Madame Holl.  Her Art Nouveau-influenced illustrations were in Old, Old Fairy Tales, published by Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York, in 1933. This is a hardcover version. The softcover was published two years later by Whitman Publishing Company, Racine, Wisconsin. Thekla Brauer (?-1943) It's almost impossible to find out anything useful about the German illustrator Thekla Brauer. We don't even know the date of her birth. At least we can feature one of the sixteen co...
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Night Before Christmas Pictures

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The Night Before Christmas, aka A Visit from St. Nicholas - Pictures, Images, Illustrations This classic poem was first published as A Visit from St. Nicholas, but gradually renamed to 'Twas The Night Before Christmas and finally The Night Before Christmas after the first line in the text. Text, credited to Dr. Clement Clarke Moore, is in the public domain, so we can publish it in its complete form: 'Twas a night before Christmas, when all thro' the house Not a was curring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all sang in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And Mamma in her 'kerchief, sad I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap; When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Away in the window I flew like a flash, Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash, ...
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Ali Baba Pictures

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Free Images of Ali Baba and 40 Thieves Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves is one of the three most popular fairy tales from Arabian Nights (1001 Nights), which are also the most controversial due to their vague origin. A lot of scholars believe they were actually written by Gallimard, who was supposed to collect and translate traditional tales. It's not our intention to discover the truth about the Ali Baba's authorship. We will only enjoy, as far as we know, the largest collection of Public Doman color images from Ali Baba and Forty Thieves. If you are familiar with the story, you already expect a lot of depictions of the thieves' den and Morgiana's fatal dance. Let's start! Frank Adams (1871-1944) Ali Baba and 40 Thieves features one of the most powerful female characters in the fairy world. While she is not even mentioned in the title, she actively helps her master and even saves him and his family's lives.  Morgiana is pulling boiled oil over the hidden robbers. Th...
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