Here is an adorable Victorian storybook image of a mother walking with her two children. The little girl is clutching her mom’s skirt with one hand and playing with the apron of her pinafore with the other. The mother is carrying the baby. There are flowers growing on a trellis in the background. This picture is…
Kate Greenaway
From Market by Kate Greenaway
FROM MARKET OH who’ll give us Posies, And Garlands of Roses, To twine round our heads so gay? For here we come singing, And here we come bringing You many good wishes to-day. From market – from market -from market – We all come up from market. This vintage storybook image and poem, From Market (spelling and…
Street Show by Kate Greenaway
STREET SHOW. PUFF, puff, puff. How the trumpets blow. All you little boys and girls come and see the show. One – two – three, the Cat runs up the tree; But the little Bird he flies away – “She hasn’t got me!” This vintage storybook image and poem, Street Show (spelling and grammar as it…
Kate Greenaway Pretty Pink Rose
Here is a pretty pink rose by Kate Greenaway. It’s from the vintage children’s storybook Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
Kate Greenaway Sleeping Girl ~ Free Vintage Image
In this adorable storybook image by Kate Greenaway, a sweet Victorian girl is fast asleep on a fluffy pink pillow in a yellow wicker chair. The chair is outdoors on a patch of grass between two rose bushes that are lush with pink roses in full bloom. The vintage storybook image is from the children’s…
Kate Greenaway Bouquet of Daisies ~ Free Vintage Image
This lovely vintage image of a small bouquet of daisies is from the book Marigold Garden, by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
The Little London Girl by Kate Greenaway ~ Free Vintage Storybook Image
THE LITTLE LONDON GIRL. IN my little Green Home, quite content am I,When the hot sun pours down from the sky;For oh, I love the country – the beautiful country.Who’d live in a London street when there’s the country? I live in a London street, then I long and longTo be the whole day the…
The Tea Party by Kate Greenaway
THE TEA PARTY.IN the pleasant green GardenWe sat down to tea;“Do you take sugar?” and“Do you take milk?”She’d got a new gown on –A smart one of silk.We all were as happyAs happy could be,On that bright Summer’s dayWhen she asked us to tea. This vintage storybook image and poem, The Tea Party, is from Marigold Garden by Kate…
Kate Greenaway To The Sun Door ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
TO THE SUN DOOR. THEY saw it rise in the morning, They saw it set at night, And they longed to go and see it. Ah! if they only might. The little soft white clouds heard them, And stepped from out of the blue; And each laid a little child softly Upon its bosom of…
Kate Greenaway Pink Flower ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
This luxurious pink flower is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. I’m not certain what type of flower it is but I think it’s a peony. Click on image to enlarge.
Kate Greenaway In An Apple Tree ~ Free Vintage Storybook Illustration
IN AN APPLE TREE. IN September, when the apples are red,To Belinda I said,“Would you like to go awayTo Heaven, or stayHere in this orchard full of treesAll your life?” And she said, “If you pleaseI’ll stay here – where I know,And the flowers grow.” This vintage storybook image and poem, In An Apple Tree,…
Tip-A-Toe by Kate Greenaway
TIP-A-TOE TIP-A-TOE,See them go;One, two, three –Chloe, Prue, and me;Up and down,To the Town,A Lord was there,And the Lady fair.And what did they sing?Oh, “Ring-a-ding-ding;”And the Black Crow flew offWith the Lady’s Ring. This vintage storybook image and poem, Tip-A-Toe, is from Marigold Garden by Kate Greenaway, circa 1892. Click on image to enlarge.
