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    Quote Originally Posted by Janine View Post
    Interesting word, andave, 'ecooooooooooool'. Is that like email or ebay or ecards?
    oops, , I'm sorry Janine! That's a typo -- it's supposed to be "are cool." as in, I think those are amazing! Seriously, the more I look at those MacKenizie's the more I like them

    And um, how about some Sidney Paget? He illustrated Sherlock Holmes in the Strand magazine, when they first came out.









    "The time has come," the Walrus said,
    "To talk of many things:
    Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
    Of cabbages--and kings--
    And why the sea is boiling hot--
    And whether pigs have wings."

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    Hi andave ya, those are wonderful illustrations of Holmes; they have the flavor of the times, don't they? Do you know what year they were published? I heard of the Strand before. Was that popular in England? Thanks for posting some photos. I will post more soon, too. So happy to see you here!
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

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    When I came acorss this I just had to post it. It is from the Browning poem The Laboratory by John Collier


    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Dark Muse, I really love that! I am thinking that this woman looks something like
    the actress Helena Boheme Carter, but taller, of course. I like the way the textural gray marble matches the patterned brocade silk color in the woman's dress; the soft colors also are interesting. Wonder if John Collier did any other poetry illustrations.
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    This is the only one that I found. He has a Sleeping Beauty I really like that I posted in the Fairy Tale social group.

    Here is some Faust by my old favorite Harry Clarke








































    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Dark Muse, these are truly bizzarre and interesting. I like that first one - the design is simple extraodinary and I like the graphic quality of the black/white. There are some very cool images in the others - talk about the darkside. These and his other works remind me of the story we read in Chehov - "The Black Monk"....the mood of that story. You seem to be digging up even better examples. I just love all of these. Thanks for posting them. Good finds!

    That one near the center -b/w - looks like they are having a snake orgy - that one is quite strange; totally phallic. Virgil should view these - he might like them..haha

    I just realised that is a hand (elongated) with fingers around the woman figure...that one is so cool. The more one looks at these the more interesting them become.
    Last edited by Janine; 12-05-2008 at 08:00 PM.
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    Hehe you should have seen some of the ones I did not post. I was afraid of getting censored haha. Some of the others were near pornographic.

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Muse View Post
    Hehe you should have seen some of the ones I did not post. I was afraid of getting censored haha. Some of the others were near pornographic.
    From viewing that one with the snakes, I can imagine.
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    A collection of fairy poems illustrated by Warwick Goble


    Kilmeny


    The Ferlie


    The Kelpie of Corrievreckan


    Goblin Market


    La Belle Dame Sans Merci


    The Veairires


    What Toys Do At Night


    The Tree Beggers


    The Fairy and His Master


    Ariel's Song


    Faires on the Sea-shore


    Song of Four Fairies


    The Sea Fairies


    The Fairies Farewell


    Lirope the Bright


    Queen Mab

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    I love Goble's work. These are a nice variety of pictures; good examples. I won't be around much today or this evening but will check back later on.
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    A Christmas Carol


    Illustrations by John Leach
















    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Dark Muse, these are really nice. I had this same thing in-mind and forgot about it. I think I have some Rackham's of 'The Christmas Carol'...I will check. I love these by John Leach; I never heard of him and it is nice to be introduced to a new artist/illustrator. Cool examples!

    Just three from Arthur Rackham from "The Christmas Carol"







    Here are some fun 'Santas' from Norman Rockwell...not exactly illustrating Great Literature...but bending the rules a bit for Christmas...they are illustrations for covers (magazine).

















    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    I like the first one that looks like a Satyr

    Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before. ~ Edgar Allan Poe

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Muse View Post
    I like the first one that looks like a Satyr
    Yeah, isn't that one strange? I like that one too....wish I could find of Rackham's illustrations from "The Christmas Carol". I will look online and see if I can come up with anymore. I recall one other but now I can't seem to locate it in my file.
    "It's so mysterious, the land of tears."

    Chapter 7, The Little Prince ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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    I never knew there were artworks dedicated to books! (except for frontcovers) Thank you everyone for sharing!

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