Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s Children’s and Household Tales was first published in 1812. Some of the stories were folk tales the brothers collected from a wide range of people, others re-tellings of already famous tales.
Snow White: Franz Jüttner (1865–1925): Illustration from Schneewittchen, Scholz' Künstler-Bilderbücher, Mainz 1910.
Snow White. Marianne Stokes-Preindlsberge (1855-1927)
Snow White. Carl Offterdinger, end of the 19th century.
Snow White. Anne Anderson (1874-1930)
Snow White. Franz Jüttner (1865–1925): Illustration from Schneewittchen, Scholz' Künstler-Bilderbücher, Mainz 1910.
Snow White. Europa's fairy book (1916) New York; London: G. P. Putnam's sons.
Snow White. Europa's fairy book (1916) New York; London: G. P. Putnam's sons.
Snow White. Hungarian stamp, Fairy Tales Series. 2010.
Cinderella: The first illustration of the 1865 edition of Cinderella. Edward and George Dalziel.
Cinderella. Anne Anderson (1874-1930).
Cinderella. Aschenputtel; Darstellung von Alexander Zick (1845 - 1907).
Cinderella. Hermann Vogel (1854-1921)
Cinderella. Audrey Beardsley "The Slippers of Cinderella" published in Le Courrier Francais, February 10, 1895.
Cinderella. Grimm's Household Tales, 1912. Brothers Grimm, Marian Edwardes (translator), R. Anning Bell (illustrations)
Cinderella. Illustration in Old-time stories (1921) New York: Dodd, Mead. Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703; Johnson, A. E. (Alfred Edwin), b. 1879; Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944
Cinderella. Illustration in Old-time stories (1921) New York: Dodd, Mead. Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703; Johnson, A. E. (Alfred Edwin), b. 1879; Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944
Illustration in Old-time stories (1921) New York: Dodd, Mead. Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703; Johnson, A. E. (Alfred Edwin), b. 1879; Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944.
Cinderella. Illustration in Old-time stories (1921) New York: Dodd, Mead. Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703; Johnson, A. E. (Alfred Edwin), b. 1879; Robinson, W. Heath (William Heath), 1872-1944.
Cinderella. Illustration in The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault 1628-1703; Illustrator: Harry Clarke, 1889-1931. London: Harrap (1922).
Rapunzel. Anne Anderson (1874-1930)
The Golden Goose. Illustration by Leslie Brooke from the Golden Goose book Frederick Warne co. ltd. 1905
Hänsel and Gretel; Darstellung von Alexander Zick (1845 - 1907).
Hansel and Gretel. Philip and Robert Grotiogann Leynveber, before 1892.
Hansel and Gretel. Jacob and Wilhelm. The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Mrs. Edgar Lucas, translator. Arthur Rackham, illustrator. London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1909.
Hansel and Gretel. Hungarian stamp, Fairy Tales Series. 2011.
Roger Wilson reads the Grimm versions of some of the fairy tales, which are kind, cruel, occasionally shocking and other times just absurd... but always entertaining! Enjoy!
Produced by Rebecca Blundell for Radio New Zealand Concert.
