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The Prince With the Golden Hand (hand-coloured version) Slavonic Fairy Tales (1896)

As the prince gazed upon the splendid building the princess leaned out of one of the windows, and seeing himlight shone from her sparkling eyes, her lovely hair floated in the wind, and the scent of h [...]

Keywords: colour, romance, people, royalty, illustrations for children, borders, interiors, castles, fantasy

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The Prince With the Golden Hand Slavonic Fairy Tales (1896)

A black-and-white version ofThe Prince With the Golden Hand; my copy of this picture from a fairy-tale was hand-cloured, presumably by some previous owner of the book. See that image page for a short [...]

Keywords: people, royalty, illustrations for children, borders, interiors, castles, fantasy, romance, staircases, steps, greyscale

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Border of flowers and thorns Slavonic Fairy Tales (1896)

The wild flowers around this border are probably cornflower (bachelor’s buttons) and aster, or daisy, and maybe marigolds.There is also ahand-coloured versionand afull versionof the picture including [...]

Keywords: borders, flowers, wild flowers, weeds, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Imperishable: Niezguinek and the Crawfish Slavonic Fairy Tales (1896)

The young man Niezguinek, whose name meansImperishable, or, rather,will not die, stands barefoot on the beach talking to the Giant Lobster, or the King of the Crawfish. Strictly speaking, crawfish or [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, people, lobsters, boats, ocean, water, bare feet, armour, greyscale

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Decorative page border of lobsters and crayfish Slavonic Fairy Tales (1896)

This is the border from the picture ofNiezguinek and the giant lobster, with lobsters, and crayfish (crawfish) scuttling about in the seaweed. It might make a good page surround for a restaurant menu!

Keywords: borders, lobsters, ocean, illustrations for children, greyscale

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