things old and beautiful
November 5th, 2008 by sarah
All you artists out there, and fellow lovers of things old and beautiful, have to check out Old Book Art.
In this version of Little Red Riding Hood, published by M. A. Donohue & Company in the early 20th century, grandmother was not eaten by the wolf. In fact, she threw a quaint tea party the day after her fright:
And this one, believe it or not, is called “The Untidy Children.” Clearly, the artist is from another generation, if not another planet:
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November 5th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Wow, if only my niece could be so untidy
November 5th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I love that first print – the colors are incredible.
The tea party version from Little Red Riding Hood is a crack up! My kids would love that version.
November 6th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
Those are simply gorgeous! Although I have to laugh at the “untidy” children. yeah, right! LOL!
November 7th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Those prints are cute! I have never heard a Little Red Ridung Hood store where the Grandma deosn’t get eaten by a wolf, I might have to find that copy of the story.
By the way, your story is good. I enjoyed reading it. I only read a bit of it though.
The Little Red Riding Hood you dressed up is cute!
Belle
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Those storybooks from the turn of the last century are incredible. The Art Nouveau influence on them resulted in some beautiful illustrations that I long to be able to reproduce in terms of color quality and detail!
January 18th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
I love these illustrations, they are so inspiring. Thanks for sharing!
Lizzy!
July 11th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I loved that Little Red Riding Hood version as a child and still have it. There is no copyright date but I believe it had to be from the early 1940’s.
October 12th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
Your site is marvelous! I love the quaint illustrations from the past and was enchanted about the different version of “Little Red Riding Hood”. Thanks for sharing!
Blessings,
Alexis