French fairy tales

Illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett for Old French Fairytales (1920), a collection of works from the 19th-century French author, Comtesse de Ségur. The exquisite set of illustrations were Chicago-born Sterrett's first ever commission, taken on at the tender age of 19. Shortly after completing them she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Sterrett would manage a few other commissions, including illustrations for a 1928 edition of Arabian Nights, but her failing health meant she could only…

The story of Cendrillon (Cinderella) takes us on a magical journey as she finds her prince with the help of a few friendly animals and her fairy godmother.

Welcome to our beauty and the beast illustration gallery. A beautiful collection of vintage illustrations from fairy tales of the Golden Age.

One of the best-known illustrators of the “golden age of children’s gift books,” Dulac was also a subtle purveyor of Allied propaganda during the Great War.

A brief summary of seven famous fairy tale illustrators.

Catskin, one of the endless variants of Donkeyskin, as illustrated by Bluefooted. Link here - http://bluefooted.deviantart.com/

Comtesse de Ségur Biography: Sophie Rostopchine (Ségur) was born on 1 August 1799. She was a French writer of Russian birth, having spent her early life...

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) was a French book illustrator born in Toulouse, who moved via Paris to London at the age of 22. His pictures of the Little Mermaid featured in ‘Stories from Hans Christian …

Illustrations by Margaret Ely Webb for Old Fashioned Fairy Tales (1909) by Marion Foster Washburne

The sleeping beauty.--Blue Beard.--Cinderella.--Beauty and the beast