Little Jo is a character from a story in the April 1899 issue of St. Nicholas magazine, the same story I’ve been scanning the other characters and fairies from over the last few days. You can find the last character I posted from this story on my blog HERE. Click on image to enlarge.
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Bees’ Wings Storybook Character
Here is the fourth storybook character from a story in the April 1899 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. The name of this one is Bees’-Wings. You can find the last storybook character I posted from this story on my blog HERE. Click on image to enlarge.
The Fairy Lady Vintage Clip Art
Here is the third character/fairy image I’ve been sharing from a story that was published in the April 1899 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. The name of this character is The Fairy-Lady. You can find the last image I posted from this story on my blog HERE. Click on image to enlarge.
Flitter Flutter Fairy Clip Art
Here is the second adorable storybook character from a story in the April 1899 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. She is a fairy named Flitter-Flutter. You can find the first image from this story on my blog HERE. Click on image to enlarge.
Rose Sprite Fairy Clip Art
There is a story in the April 1899 issue of St. Nicholas magazine that includes many illustrations of adorable storybook characters and fairies. I’m hoping to work with one each day (in addition to other images) until I have shared all of the images with you. The name of this first storybook character is a…
Free Vintage Image ~ Birds and Birdcage
In this vintage image, one bird is perched inside an old fashioned birdcage and two birds are perched on the branch of a tree just outside the cage. The image is from A Round Robin, by M. A. Hoyer and Robert Ellice Mack, illustrated by Harriett M. Bennett, circa 1891. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Girl on Windowsill Picking Flowers
Here is a vintage image of a girl seated on a windowsill of an open window. She is picking flowers from a beautiful vine that is growing around the window. The image is from Wild Flowers from Whittier, 1909. Click on image to enlarge.
Elephant Mouse and Fairy
The adorable illustrations of an elephant, a mouse and a fairy that I’ve used to create this digital collage sheet are from the story, An Island Fable, from the December 1898 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. Here is a version with the wording removed. The full three-page story is available as a free download on my blog, here.
Free Vintage Images ~ An Island Fable
This three-page story, An Island Fable, with adorable illustrations of an elephant, a mouse and a fairy is from the December 1898 issue of St. Nicholas magazine. I think the moral of the story is wonderful: “Let each be himself, not somebody else,Nor covet what others may hold.Each one has his place,That he can best fill:Contentment is…
Kate Greenaway Pink Roses
This lovely vase of pink flowers is a vintage illustration by Kate Greenaway. It is from the old storybook Marigold Garden, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
The Wedding Bells by Kate Greenaway
This pretty illustration and old fashioned poem The Wedding Bells is from the book Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
Free Vintage Image ~ Victorian Girls by Kate Greenaway
I just love this vintage illustration of two young Victorian girls out for a stroll down their storybook path! I wonder what the empty basket is for. Flowers, perhaps? The image is from the antique children’s book A Day in a Child’s Life by Kate Greenaway, circa 1881. Click on image to enlarge.
