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Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) Ring or Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) is a set of four epic operas based on Germanic mythology. The Ring Cycle includes: 1. Rhine Gold 2.The Valkyrie 3. Siegfried 4.Twilight of the Gods. The operas follow the struggles of Norse gods, heroes, and mythical creatures over a magic Ring that grants domination over the entire world. Drama and intrigue continue through three generations of protagonists, until the final cataclysmic ending of their mythic world. ___ Illustrator: Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator ___ Read and view images of Rhinegold & The Valkyrie: archive.org/stream/rhinegoldvalkyri00wagn#page/n5/mode/2up Read and view images of Siegfried & The Twilight of the gods: archive.org/stream/siegfriedtwiligh00wagn#page/n7/mode/2up Complete compellation of color images on The Golden Age blog: thegoldenagesite.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post.html

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This enchanting and exquisite original vintage 2-sided print by Arthur Rackham is from the 1985 book "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irvine and is signed in the plate. Measuring 18cm x 23cm and printed on gloss paper, it makes a unique gift for loved ones. Arthur Rackham (1867–1939) was an English book illustrator. As a child he showed a precocious talent for drawing, and at the age of 17 he worked at the Lambeth School of Art as a part-time student. His first published drawing appeared in 1884. He is recognised as one of the leading literary figures during the Golden Age of British book illustration. His work is noted for its robust pen and ink drawings, which were combined with the use of watercolour. Prints are shipped in protective plastic sleeves and in flat cardboard envelopes to ensure they arrive safely. ANY number of prints will be shipped in one package - you pay one shipping fee only!

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Richard Wagner’s (1813-1883) Ring or Ring Cycle (Der Ring des Nibelungen) is a set of four epic operas based on Germanic mythology. The Ring Cycle includes: 1. Rhine Gold 2.The Valkyrie 3. Siegfried 4.Twilight of the Gods. The operas follow the struggles of Norse gods, heroes, and mythical creatures over a magic Ring that grants domination over the entire world. Drama and intrigue continue through three generations of protagonists, until the final cataclysmic ending of their mythic world. ___ Illustrator: Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator ___ Read and view images of Rhinegold & The Valkyrie: archive.org/stream/rhinegoldvalkyri00wagn#page/n5/mode/2up Read and view images of Siegfried & The Twilight of the gods: archive.org/stream/siegfriedtwiligh00wagn#page/n7/mode/2up Complete compellation of color images on The Golden Age blog: thegoldenagesite.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post.html

Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was born in London as one of 12 children. 1884 at the age of 17 he was sent on and ocean voyage to Australia to improve his fragile health. At the age of 18 he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art. In 1892 he left his job and started working for The Westminster Budget as a reporter and illustrator. His first book illustrations were published in 1893 in To the Other Side by Thomas Rhodes: The Other Side Illustration from "The Other Side" His first serious commission was in 1894 for The Dolly Dialogues, the collected sketches of Anthony Hope, who later went on to write The Prisoner of Zenda.Book illustrating then became Rackham's career for the rest of his life. The Dolly Dialogues In 1903 he married Edyth Starkie, with whom he had one daughter, Barbara, in 1908. Rackham won a gold medal at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906 and another one at the Barcelona International Exposition in 1912. His works were included in numerous exhibitions, including one at the Louvre in Paris in 1914. Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the 100 years from1900 until the start of WW1. During that period there was a strong market for high quality illustrated books that typically were given as Christmas gifts. Many of Rackham's books were produced in a de luxe limited edition, often vellum bound and sometimes signed, as well as a larger, less ornately bound quarto "trade' edition. This was often followed by a more modestly presented octavo edition in subsequent years for particular books. The onset of WW1 in 1914 curtailed the market for such quality books, and the public's taste for fantasy and fairies also declined in the 1920s. Rackham invented his own unique technique which resembled photographic reproduction; he would first sketch an outline of his drawing, then lightly block in shapes and details, Afterwards he would add lines in pen and India ink, removing the pencil traces after it had dried. With colour pictures, he would then apply multiple washes of colour until translucent tints were created: 1911 Lovers ink and watercolour 22.8 x 12.6 cm He would also go on to expand the use of silhouette cuts in illustration work, particularly in the period after the First World War, as exemplified by his Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. Plate from "Cinderella" Typically, Rackham contributed both colour and monotone illustrations towards the works incorporating his images - and in the case of Hawthorne's Wonder Book, he also provided a number of part-coloured images similar in style to Meiji era Japanese woodcuts. Arthur Rackham died in Limpsfield, Surrey. This is part 1 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham: The Ingoldsby Legends is a collection of myths, legends, ghost stories and poetry written supposedly by Thomas Ingoldsby of Tappington Manor, actually a pen-name of an English clergyman named Richard Harris Barham. The legends were first printed during 1837 as a regular series in the magazine Bentley's Miscellany and later in New Monthly Magazine. The legends were illustrated by John Leech and George Cruikshank. They proved immensely popular and were compiled into books published in 1840, 1842 and 1847 by Richard Bentley. They remained popular during the 19th century but have since become little known. An omnibus edition was published in 1879: The Ingoldsby Legends; or Mirth and marvels. 1898 – 1907 Illustrations originally created by Arthur Rackham in 1898 and revised in 1907, published in 1908. 1898 - 1908 The Ingoldsby Legends 1898 - 1907 "The little man had seated himself in the centre of the circle upon the large skull" 1898 - 1907 "Into the bottomless pit he fell slap" 1898 - 1907 "Wandering about and Boo-hoo-ing" 1898 - 1907 "The horn at the gate of the Barbican tower was blown with a loud twenty-trumpeter power" 1898 - 1907 "Sir Thomas, her Lord, was stout of limb" 1898 - 1907 "A flood of brown-stout he was up to his knees in" 1898 - 1907 "A grand pas de deux performed in the very first style by these two" 1898 - 1907 "And the maids cried Good gracious, how very tenacious!" 1898 - 1907 "One kick? It was but one but such a one" 1907 "Sir Rupert the Fearless" 1898 - 1907 "With a countenance only Keeley could put on" Grimm's Fairy Tales is a collection of German fairy tales first published in 1812 by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. They penned many popular children’s stories, including Cinderella, Hansel and Gretel, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin. Illustrations by Rackham produced, and in some cases revised, between 1898 and 1909. 1898 - 1909 Grimm's Fairy Tales Title page Rip Van Winkle is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819, as well as the name of the story's fictional protagonist. Written while Irving was living in Birmingham, England, it was part of a collection entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon. Although the story is set in New York’s Catskill Mountains, Irving later admitted, "When I wrote the story, I had never been on the Catskills." This version originally published in 1905. 1904 - 1905 Rip Van Winkle

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Arthur Rackham self-portrait entitled "A Transpontine Cockney" 1934 Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. Arthur Rackham's works have become very popular since his death, both in North America and Britain. His images have been widely used by the greeting card industry and many of his books are still in print or have been recently available in both paperback and hardback editions. His original drawings and paintings are keenly sought at the major international art auction houses. This is part 8 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham. For full biographical notes see part 1. A Dish of Apples by Eden Phillpotts is a collection of poems written by Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960) on a theme of nature and harvest, with the greater part of the collection being poems in homage to varieties of orchard fruits. Phillpotts was an English author, poet and dramatist. He was born in Mount Abu, British India, educated in Plymouth, Devon, and worked as an insurance officer for 10 years before studying for the stage and eventually becoming a writer. He co-wrote two plays with his daughter Adelaide Phillpotts. This version originally published in 1921: 1921 Cover of A Dish of Apples Title page Hawthorne’s Wonder Book was the First Edition of Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Written as tales within a tale, Hawthorne presents the stories as being told to a group of children at Tanglewood, an Estate in Lenox, Massachusetts (where Hawthorne lived for a period), by Eustace Bright, a Williams College student. This version originally published in 1922: 1922 Cover of Hawthorne's Wonder Book 1922 American edition of the book Comus is a masque in honour of chastity, written by John Milton (1608 – 1674). It was first presented on Michaelmas 1634, before John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater at Ludlow Castle in celebration of the Earl's new post as Lord President of Wales. The plot concerns two brothers and their sister, simply called "Lady", lost in a journey through the woods. Lady becomes fatigued, and the brothers wander off in search of sustenance. While alone, she encounters the debauched Comus, a character inspired by the god of mockery, who is disguised as a villager and claims he will lead her to her brothers. Deceived by his amiable countenance, Lady follows him, only to be captured, brought to his pleasure palace and victimised by his necromancy. This version originally published in 1922: 1922 Cover of Comus Title page "All amidst the Gardens fair of Hesperus, and his daughters three that sing about the golden tree." "And they, so perfect is their misery, not once perceive their foul disfigurement, but boast themselves more comely than before." "They come in making a riotous unruly noise" "Calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire." "Sweet Echo." "The flowry-kirtl'd Naiades." "Some say, no evil thing that walks by night…" "…No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, hath hurt-full power o'er true virginity." "The huntress Diana" "The wonted roar was up amidst the woods, and fill'd the Air with barbarous dissonance." "… as Daphne was, root-bound, that fled Apollo." "Iris there, with humid bow" "The brothers rush in with swords drawn." "The water Nymphs, that in the bottom plaid, held up their pearled wrists and took her in." "Sabrina fair listen where thou art sitting." Peer Gynt is a five-act play in verse by the Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen, loosely based on the fairy tale Per Gynt Written in the Dano-Norwegian language, it is the most widely performed Norwegian play. Peer Gynt has also been described as the story of a life based on procrastination and avoidance. A first edition of 1,250 copies was published on 14 November 1867 in Copenhagen. Although the first edition swiftly sold out, a re-print of 2,000 copies, which followed after only 14 days, didn't sell out until seven years later. This version originally published in 1936: 1936 Cover of Peer Gynt Title page End paper Peer before the King of Trolls Aase on the mill house roof Peer among the wedding guests Peer and Solvieg at the wedding Peer follows the woman in green The dance of the Trolls Peer and the Troll Witch The Death of Aase Anitra's Dance The Thin Man Peer and the Threadballs

Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator. “Undine” (novella) by Friedrich de la Motte FouquéI - Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight in order to gain a soul. Contains some themes similar to “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen. Read online: archive.org/stream/undine00lamo#page/n7/mode/2up

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Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. Arthur Rackham's works have become very popular since his death, both in North America and Britain. His images have been widely used by the greeting card industry and many of his books are still in print or have been recently available in both paperback and hardback editions. His original drawings and paintings are keenly sought at the major international art auction houses. This is part 5 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham. For full biographical notes see part 1. Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. The Greek historian Herodotus mentions in passing that "Aesop the fable writer" was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE (Before the Common Era). Among references in other writers, Aristophanes, in his comedy The Wasps, represented the protagonist Philocleon as having learnt the "absurdities" of Aesop from conversation at banquets; Plato wrote in Phaedo that Socrates whiled away his jail time turning some of Aesop's fables "which he knew" into verses. Nonetheless, for two main reasons - because numerous morals within Aesop's attributed fables contradict each other, and because ancient accounts of Aesop's life contradict each other - the modern view is that Aesop probably did not solely compose all those fables attributed to him, if he even existed at all. This version originally published in 1912: 1912 Cover of Aesop's Fables Title page The Hare and the Tortoise The Gnat and the Lion The Crab and his Mother The Quack Frog The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea The Blackamoor The Two Pots Venus and the Cat The Travellers and the Plane-tree The Trees and the Axe The Lion, Jupiter, and the Elephant The Ass in the Lion's Skin The Bear and the Fox The Fisherman Piping The Fox and the Crow The Frogs and the Well The Frogs asking for a King The North Wind and the Sun The Oak and the Reeds The Owl and the Birds The Wolf and the Goat The Wolf and the Horse 1913 Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures: 1913 Cover of Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures Adrift Butterflies Fairy Wife Goblins Marjorie and Margaret Santa Claus Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme". A Christmas pantomime called Mother Goose is often performed in the United Kingdom. The so-called "Mother Goose" rhymes and stories have formed the basis for many classic British pantomimes. Mother Goose is generally depicted in literature and book illustration as an elderly country woman in a tall hat and shawl, a costume identical to the peasant costume worn in Wales in the early 20th century, but is also sometimes depicted as a goose (usually wearing a bonnet). This version originally published in 1913: 1913 Cover of Mother Goose Title page A Little Nothing Woman As I was going to St Ives... Bye, baby bunting Hark! Hark! The Dogs do Bark! Jack Sprat could eat no fat Little Miss Muffet The Fair Maid who the first of May... The Man in the wilderness asked me... There was a crooked old man... 301 There was an old woman who lived under a hill Imagina by Julia Ellsworth Ford, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford published in 1914: 1914 Cover of Imagina Frontispiece "Faerie Folk" "Please, Mermaid, come out where it is sunny." A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. The story tells of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. The book was written and published in early Victorian Era Britain, a period when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions and an initiation of new practices such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens's sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales. The tale has been viewed by critics as an indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. it has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and sombreness. A Christmas Carol remains popular and has never been out of print. This version originally published in 1915: 1915 Cover of A Christmas Carol Title page The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste and moaning as they went. The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker! There was nothing very cheerful in the climate. The ghost of Marley visits Scrooge Little Brother and Little Sister is a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's and Household Tales (Grimm's Fairy Tales). This version originally published in 1917: 1917 Cover of Little Brother and Little Sister Title page Instantly they lay still, all turned to stone Maid Maleen Suddenly the branches twined round her and turned into two arms. The Gnomes The True Sweetheart What did she find there?..but real ripe strawberries

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Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator. “Undine” (novella) by Friedrich de la Motte FouquéI - Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight in order to gain a soul. Contains some themes similar to “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen. Read online: archive.org/stream/undine00lamo#page/n7/mode/2up

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Arthur Rackham (1867 – 1939) is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the 'Golden Age' of British book illustration which encompassed the years from 1900 until the start of the First World War. Arthur Rackham's works have become very popular since his death, both in North America and Britain. His images have been widely used by the greeting card industry and many of his books are still in print or have been recently available in both paperback and hardback editions. His original drawings and paintings are keenly sought at the major international art auction houses. This is part 5 of an 8-part post on the works of Arthur Rackham. For full biographical notes see part 1. Aesop's Fables is a collection of fables credited to Aesop, a slave and story-teller believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. The Greek historian Herodotus mentions in passing that "Aesop the fable writer" was a slave who lived in Ancient Greece during the 5th century BCE (Before the Common Era). Among references in other writers, Aristophanes, in his comedy The Wasps, represented the protagonist Philocleon as having learnt the "absurdities" of Aesop from conversation at banquets; Plato wrote in Phaedo that Socrates whiled away his jail time turning some of Aesop's fables "which he knew" into verses. Nonetheless, for two main reasons - because numerous morals within Aesop's attributed fables contradict each other, and because ancient accounts of Aesop's life contradict each other - the modern view is that Aesop probably did not solely compose all those fables attributed to him, if he even existed at all. This version originally published in 1912: 1912 Cover of Aesop's Fables Title page The Hare and the Tortoise The Gnat and the Lion The Crab and his Mother The Quack Frog The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea The Blackamoor The Two Pots Venus and the Cat The Travellers and the Plane-tree The Trees and the Axe The Lion, Jupiter, and the Elephant The Ass in the Lion's Skin The Bear and the Fox The Fisherman Piping The Fox and the Crow The Frogs and the Well The Frogs asking for a King The North Wind and the Sun The Oak and the Reeds The Owl and the Birds The Wolf and the Goat The Wolf and the Horse 1913 Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures: 1913 Cover of Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures Adrift Butterflies Fairy Wife Goblins Marjorie and Margaret Santa Claus Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme". A Christmas pantomime called Mother Goose is often performed in the United Kingdom. The so-called "Mother Goose" rhymes and stories have formed the basis for many classic British pantomimes. Mother Goose is generally depicted in literature and book illustration as an elderly country woman in a tall hat and shawl, a costume identical to the peasant costume worn in Wales in the early 20th century, but is also sometimes depicted as a goose (usually wearing a bonnet). This version originally published in 1913: 1913 Cover of Mother Goose Title page A Little Nothing Woman As I was going to St Ives... Bye, baby bunting Hark! Hark! The Dogs do Bark! Jack Sprat could eat no fat Little Miss Muffet The Fair Maid who the first of May... The Man in the wilderness asked me... There was a crooked old man... 301 There was an old woman who lived under a hill Imagina by Julia Ellsworth Ford, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham and Lauren Ford published in 1914: 1914 Cover of Imagina Frontispiece "Faerie Folk" "Please, Mermaid, come out where it is sunny." A Christmas Carol is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in 1843. The story tells of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits from Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. The novella met with instant success and critical acclaim. The book was written and published in early Victorian Era Britain, a period when there was both strong nostalgia for old Christmas traditions and an initiation of new practices such as Christmas trees and greeting cards. Dickens's sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories and fairy tales. The tale has been viewed by critics as an indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. it has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a period of sobriety and sombreness. A Christmas Carol remains popular and has never been out of print. This version originally published in 1915: 1915 Cover of A Christmas Carol Title page The air was filled with phantoms, wandering hither and thither in restless haste and moaning as they went. The way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker! There was nothing very cheerful in the climate. The ghost of Marley visits Scrooge Little Brother and Little Sister is a well-known European fairy tale which was, among others, written down by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of Children's and Household Tales (Grimm's Fairy Tales). This version originally published in 1917: 1917 Cover of Little Brother and Little Sister Title page Instantly they lay still, all turned to stone Maid Maleen Suddenly the branches twined round her and turned into two arms. The Gnomes The True Sweetheart What did she find there?..but real ripe strawberries

Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939) leading 'Golden Age' illustrator. “Undine” (novella) by Friedrich de la Motte FouquéI - Undine, a water spirit, marries a knight in order to gain a soul. Contains some themes similar to “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen. Read online: archive.org/stream/undine00lamo#page/n7/mode/2up