Romantic Illustrations

Artworks depicting enchanting scenes of love and fairy tales, featuring dreamy figures, nature, and a soft color palette typical of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Salammbo by Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939) / Private Collection / 1896 / Czechia / Colour lithograph / Poster and Graphic design /Art Nouveau

The Ingenious Love. Jacques Guillaume Legrand (French, 1743-1808); after Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806). Date: 1788. Dimensions: 288 × 208 mm (image); 315 × 240 mm (sheet). Engraving with roulette on cream laid paper (discolored to tan). Origin: France. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, USA.

The mysteriously silent girl in the tree throws down her golden chain and clothes to get rid of the huntsmen, but they insist that she comes down and is taken to the king.

Salammbo by Mucha, Alfons Marie (1860-1939) / Private Collection / 1896 / Czechia / Colour lithograph / Poster and Graphic design /Art Nouveau

DAFFODILS PERSONIFIED Date: 1906

The witch spies on Rapunzel (Grimm)

French Art deco illustration depicting allegorical figures of trade and industry 1895

The First Book of Urizen, Plate 20, 'Of life forsaken mountains . . . .' (Bentley 23), Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1794, Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm) and Plate: 5 7/8 x 4 inches (14.9 x 10.2 cm), beard, fire, flames, globe, lantern, light, lion, literary theme, men, mountains, text

Detailed colour illustration by William Heath Robinson (1872-1910) for the Midsummer number of the Graphic showing an elf, or possibly goblin in a fantastical country setting. This 1910 contribution shows Heath Robinson's early style which seems influenced by Arthur Rackham (though he was later to parody Rackham in the Bystander later that year). Robinson was a regular contributor to the Sketch, the Bystander and other ILN titles during his lifetime. His weekly drawings featuring mind-bogglin

Best of Luck for the New Year (Viel Glück zum Neuen Jahre). Artist: Arnold Nechansky (Austrian, Vienna 1888--1938 Kitzbühel, Tirol, Austria). Dimensions: Sheet: 5 1/2 × 3 9/16 in. (13.9 × 9 cm). Publisher: Wiener Werkstätte. Date: 1912. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Scott, Georges-Bertin (n.1873-06-10-D.1942), Sarah Bernhardt's day. The toast of Victorian Sardou. Drawing for illustration (attributed title), 1896. Gouache, feather, ink and watercolor on paper. A piece of paper is glued to the upper part of the drawing. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.

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Bilderserie die Köchin, der Suppe gibt es Würze, Kraft / Image series the cook, the soup it gives spice, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.

The Dews of Evening c. 1874 John S. Davis (1804-1845/ British)

CROWN IMPERIAL PERSONIFIED Date: 1906

The First Book of Urizen, Plate 21 (Bentley 27), Print made by William Blake, 1757-1827, British, 1794, Color-printed relief etching in orange-brown with watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (30.2 x 24.4 cm) and Plate: 6 1/8 x 4 1/8 inches (15.6 x 10.5 cm), back, darkness, gown, literary theme, men, night

LILIES PERSONIFIED Date: 1906

Rijn, Rembrandt van, Netherlands, Beggar with a stick, verso lower left - stamped, Beggar with a cap and walking with a stick., print, prints, height 82 mm, width 39 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1631 - 1631, second quarter 17th century, paper, etching, etchings, Northern Netherlands, 1606-07-15 - 1669-10-08, prentmaker

April Fool whistled a dance tune while the days of each season smiled., Walter Crane - Beauty & the Beast

Thumbkinetta (Thumbelina in this version) says 'Yes' in answer to the Prince's question.

"The Dream" A typical English country garden, timbered house and a saintly sweetheart inhabit the dreams of this slumbering soldier. Mabel Ince's style is prettily decorative, in the traditions of charles Robinson. Her talents extended beyond illustration, and she was the author of romantic novels whose titles imitate the dreamy romance of her picture - The Wisom of Waiting and Commonplace and Clementine, published in 1912 and 1913 respectively. Date: 1915

F.-A. Gorguet (French, active 19th century). Andante Nocturne, ca. 1897. Color lithograph on wove paper. Sheet: 405 mm x 308 mm (15.94 in. x 12.13 in.).

DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918). French composer.; MAETERLINCK, Maurice (1862-1949). Belgian writer in French language. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. Illustration of the opera 'Pelleas and Melisande', with Claude Debussy's music and Maurice Maeterlinck's text. Painting.

Allegory Of Christmas Artist Unknown La Domenica del Corriere, Italy

Rosalie is shocked when the pen gets up and writes all by itself.

Schastlivye liubovniki.. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1881. Rare Book Division. Folk art , Russia (Federation), Russia , Social life and customs, Engraving, Russian

Elle etait une bergère, Charles Conder (London, England, 1868 - 1909)

'One moonlight night the fairies came flying in at the window, and brought Ellie such a pretty pair of wings'

And the maids cried "good gracious, how very tenacious!". Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939). Illustrations. 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Pulling, Floors, Wood, Stress

Oh Grandma, what bid eyes you have - Scene from little Red Riding Hood, Arthur Rackham

Promenade; Spaziergang. George Grosz (1893-1959). Watercolour and brush and brown ink on paper. Painted in 1925. 70.8 x 50.8cm

Tom frightens the crabs. Date: First published: 1863

Sleeping Beauty Batten, John Dixon(1860-1932 British) Christie's Images, London, England

Gives not the hathorne-bush a sweeter shade to shepherds, looking at their silly sheep, than doth a rich embroidered canopy to kings that fear their subjects' treachery". Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Illustrations. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Shepherds, Decoration and ornament , Plant forms

Beautiful illustration depicting Cinderella escaping from the ball, leaving one of her slippers behind her. Date: 1913

This scene accompanied second stanza on the Tavern Door in the Rubaiyat of Omar Kayyam that dates to the early 1900s.

Au Square, chart 1. Evenepoel, Henri (1872-1899), graphic artist, L'Estampe Moderne (Paryż ; seria wydawnicza ; 1897-1899), publishing house

The three graces. Prints. 1840 - 1849. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Taglioni, Marie, 1804-1884, Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884, Cerrito, Fanny, Graces, The, Ballerinas , 19th century

Bookplate of H. Pašma. Kašpar, Adolf (1877-1934), graphic artist

This 'Skizzenblatt' by Rudolf Weyr is a watercolor sketch sheet that demonstrates his skill in capturing spontaneous artistic ideas and compositions, highlighting his use of color and fluid brushwork.

Mitología. Apolo, hijo de Saturno y hermano de Artemisa, dios de la divina distancia. Años 1920. Author: Apel·les Mestres Oñós.

Illustration to 'The Book of Marquise' by Franz Blei by Somov, Konstantin Andreyevich (1869-1939) Private Collection 1915 Colour aquatint Russia Art Nouveau Mythology, Allegory and Literature Painting

Arthur and the Strange Mantle Date: 1893 - 1894

Autumn Scattering Leaves ca. 1900 John La Farge With Louis Comfort Tiffany, John La Farge was a pioneer of stained-glass design in the United States. Watercolor was especially well suited for developing the designs because the transparency of the medium could suggest the glowing gemlike tones of the glass. Autumn Scattering Leaves, an allegorical representation of the season, was originally created as a stained-glass window proposal for a private home on Long Island. Although the patrons selected a different La Farge design of a figure in classical garb, the artist exhibited the lyrical watercolor as an independent work.. Autumn Scattering Leaves. John La Farge (American, New York 1835-1910 Providence, Rhode Island). American. ca. 1900. Watercolor and gouache on paper

Elijah Restoring the Widow's Son by Ford Madox Brown, 1868, (1821-1893), UK, England, London, Victoria & Albert Museum

Hanging out theWash. Artist: Lucien Pissarro, French, 1863-1944

Dora Spenlow.. Cigarette cards, Trade cards. George Arents Collection. Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870

The five senses, face, sight / Bilderserie Die fünf Sinne, Gesicht, Sehkraft, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei,.

Old Italian Masters: Embracing Figures, 1888-1892. Timothy Cole (American, 1852-1931). Wood engraving;

Austria, Vienna, Illustration of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy (Heaven, Song IX) by Franz von Bayros

In the Zoological Garden. Artist: Félix Bracquemond (French, Paris 1833-1914 Sèvres). Dimensions: Sheet: 12 11/16 × 10 3/16 in. (32.3 × 25.8 cm)Plate: 8 9/16 × 8 1/2 in. (21.8 × 21.6 cm). Date: ca. 1873. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Chéri is rescued by Princess Belle-Etoile.. Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Illustrations. 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fairy Tales, Statues, Rotundas, Rescues, Drapery in art

JULY, calendar, year, month, monthly

Speak!, Harrison Fisher

Empusa, pl.12, Verein für Original-Radirung in München, III, 1894. Wetteroth, Heinrich (Monachium ; zakład graficzny ; fl. 1860-1925), printing house, Verein für Original-Radierung (Monachium ; stowarzyszenie ; fl. 1850- ), society, Schmidt-Helmbrechts, Karl (1872-1936), graphic artist, Stahl, E. (Monachium ; wydawnictwo ; 1857-1914), publishing house

The Flower Book - Golden Greeting. From The Flower Book, 1905. Sir Edward Burne-Jones .

Illustration to accomapny the poem 'I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud' by William Wordsworth. first published in 1807

Modern Antiques. Dated: probably 1811. Medium: hand-colored etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

Nicolai Bogh Bookplate. Thomsen, Carl Christian Frederik Jacob (1847-1912), graphic artist

Annette a lubin Pierre-Antoine Baudoin (after). "Annette and Lubin". Gouache on paper. Paris, Cognacq-Jay Museum.

The thing whirred up into the air, and hung poised on its wings, a dragon fly, king of all the flies Frontispiece illustration by Warwick Goble. From The Water Babies, published 1922.

But One of Them, the Youngest, Remained Behind, 1892. Illustration, pen and ink and gouache on paper.. Artist: Arthur Joseph Gaskin

Volpini Suite: Dramas of the Sea: Brittany (Les Drames de la Mer, Bretagne), 1889. Paul Gauguin (French, 1848-1903). Zincograph; sheet: 50 x 65 cm (19 11/16 x 25 9/16 in.); image: 16.6 x 22.6 cm (6 9/16 x 8 7/8 in.).

Coloured illustration entitled 'She finds the beast unconscious and believes him to be dead'. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), a French British naturalised magazine and book illustrator.

Pinning the Hat Made 1898 France. Lithograph from five stones in black, orange, salmon, yellow and green on ivory laid paper . Pierre-Auguste Renoir

GRABADO-DANZARINA ARABE. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Une imitation bourgeoise du Zéphir de Prudhon. Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs

The enchantress in the mausoleum with her afflicted lover The story of the King of the Ebony Isle.. Dulac, Edmund (1882-1953). Illustrations. 1911. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fairy Tales, Folklore, Magic

Va tuer mon mari (La femme perfide). Dimensions: 46 cm x 31.1 cm, 33 cm x 20 cm. Museum: Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam. Author: EMILE BERNARD.

OPHELIA GOES MAD, HANDS OUT WILD FLOWERS Date: 1906

Photo production of (presumably) a print to work by W. von Kaulbach: Ottilie (Wahlwedtschaften); Ottilie (Wahlwedtschaften) W. von Kaulbach. Part of photo album with 16 Cartes-De-Visite of women's figures from the work of J.W. Von Goethe.

Touchstone, Court Fool, here with Audrey, a country girl who is watching her goats, says "I wish the gods made thee poetical."

Les petites faunesses Grasset, Eugène, 1841-1917. 1896 - 1897. still image. Periodical illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fauns (Roman mythology), Mythology, Roman

Historia de Catalunya. Jaime I de Aragón (1208-1276), el Conquistador,saliendo de Monzón hacia Lleida en 1214, a la edad de 6 años, para ser jurado en las Cortes. Cromo de Xacolata Juncosa. Año 1932. Author: Albert Mestre Moragas.

Good Lazy Holy, Protector of Lazy People!, No 60 Ode to laziness and rest Georgin, François (1801 1863), Pellerin

UK: 'Folk Tales of Bengal', Warwick Goble (1862-1943), 1912

Illustration from "Le chariot de Terre cuite". From "Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales", with preface by Edmond Peton and illustrated by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), a French British naturalised magazine and book illustrator.

Three Decorative Panels with Allegories of Winter, Summer and Autumn (3 of 3). School of Lancret. Oil on canvas. 150 x 61cm.

Tom Two Shoes riding to his sister's wedding.. Crane, Walter (1845-1915). Illustrations. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Fairy Tales, Horses, Country life, Dirt roads, Arrivals & departures, Brick walls, Men , Clothing & dress , 1500-1599, horseback riding , 1500-1599

Gardening. Painting. Watercolor. Height: 121 mm (4.76 in); Width: 179 mm (7.04 in). Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

Apel·les Mestres / Boceto vestuario de 'La Viola d'Or', 1914. Institut del Teatre de Barcelona.

Valentine cards depicting a trellis, birdbaths, nests, vases, doves, men, women, angels and flowers.. Low, Will Hicok (1853-1932). Proofs, Greeting cards. 1865 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Flowers, Angels

The French writer Voltaire (1694-1778) wrote his satire Candide, a good-hearted young man but one is completely naive. Candide travels the world and encounters many mishaps. His goal is to find security and also to win his love Cunegonde, but she, too, is not so intelligent and is willing to betray to further her own aims. Candide's mentor is Pangloss, who teaches him that this world is the best of all possible worlds and it is that belief that is the target of the novel's satire. This illustration shows Candide marrying Cunegonde.

Happily the King Danced with the Queen of Hearts, Randolph Caldecott

Bliżej Kultury Verlag of A.E. Seemann in Leipzig, Leslie, Peter (1877 post 1918)

Maurice Denis, The Matinal Bouquet, Tears, 1898, color lithograph on paper.

Shepherdess (Miss Mary Palmer as the Young Shepherdess), Joseph Grozer, ca. 1755-1798, British, after Sir Joshua Reynolds RA, 1723-1792, British, 1799, Mezzotint on medium, slightly textured, blued white, wove paper, Sheet: 17 5/8 × 13 13/16 inches (44.8 × 35.1 cm) and Image: 16 1/4 × 13 3/4 inches (41.3 × 34.9 cm)

Henry Fuseli, 1741-1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766-70; 1779 on), Study of a Seated Woman, 1791. Graphite, pen, gray ink, gray wash, watercolor, gouache and black chalk on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.

The caption below reads: 'Why Georgie Washington could not tell that lie.' Date: 1927

Fountain with woman and hunting. A fountain with a naked woman sitting on a dolphin. On the right hangs a deer next to a tree and grape fees. Left in the foreground is a hunting with a hare and birds. On the top left is a cat next to a fruit bowl.

The Bridle Path, from the series, Views in Central Park, New York, Part 2. Dimensions: Sheet: 4 in. × 2 3/8 in. (10.2 × 6.1 cm). Publisher: Louis Prang & Co. (Boston, Massachusetts). Date: 1864. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

THOMAS of CantimprŽ (1201-1276). Codex Granatensis: De natura rerum. 15th c. Illustration about balm. Edition of Granada of the original of the 13th C. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Granada. Granada University Library.

Luc-Olivier Merson (1846-1920). "The female toilet". Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. 37956-1 Bite, Bateau, Emblème town of Paris, Encensoir, Femme, fluctuates or drowned, frree decorative, Garcon, iris, Miroir, toilette feminine

A Banner, Flowers in an Urn, a Relief, a Globe, a Print, a Compass, a Writing Set, Letters and Blaeu's Atlas in a Niche. Gerke Jans de Jager (circa 1748-1822). Oil on canvas. 249 x 192.5cm.

Print, October, from La Belle Jardinière; Designed by Eugène Samuel Grasset (Swiss, 1841 - 1917; active Paris, France 1871-1917); France; chromotypograph

Angel of the Divine Presence Bringing Eve to Adam (The Creation of Eve: "And She Shall be Called Woman) (recto); Sketch for the same (verso) ca. 1803 William Blake British Blake considered the Bible to be the supreme poetic work and here evocatively re-imagined the Old Testament theme of the creation of Eve. Instead of showing the first woman emerging from Adams side, Blake presents the couple meeting with ceremonial solemnity. A divine figure prepares to join their hands while a recumbent Adam looks up eagerly as his mate steps down from blue-tinged clouds. Objects in the landscape elaborate the meaning: the grape vines entwined around the tree symbolize marriage; the exotic red and blue plumed birds represent the newly created souls; and the giant oak leaf on which Adam reclines forecasts humankinds suffering. A lion dozing near grazing lambs at lower right signals the peace of the pre-fallen world. Blake made this finished watercolor for his loyal patron Thomas Butts.. Angel of th

Eleanor Nell Gwyn (1650-1687) English born mistress of King Charles II, 1937. Artist: Alexander K MacDonald

Putto; Bust d'Amour. Putto seen from the side, straightens his right hand.

Gareth vanquishes the Red Knight while Lynette watches from the trees

'She fleeces him', 1799 Artist: Francisco Goya. Plate 35 of 'Los Caprichos'. Los Caprichos are a set of 80 prints in aquatint and etching created by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1797 and 1798, and published as an album in 1799.

The Miser's Daughter: 19/20, Dispersion of the Jacobite Club, c1842, (1913). Artist: George Cruikshank

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