See that sovereign stand
At his palace gate.
Richard Doyle, from "An Old Fairy Tale: The Sleeping Beauty" by James Robinson Planché, London, New York: 1868 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/sovereign-palace-gate/

And o'er his head, and round the bed,
By the protecting fairy led.
Richard Doyle, from "An Old Fairy Tale: The Sleeping Beauty" by James Robinson Planché, London, New York: 1868 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/protecting-fairy/

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The butterfly took wing, and mounted into the air with little Tom on his back.
Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/butterfly-took-wing/

The compassionate children instantly seized hold of the little man...
Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/compassionate-children/

...They were changed into swans, and flew away over the wood.
Warwick Goble, from "The Fairy Book" by Dinah Maria Craik, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/changed-into-swans/

They were made to gallop, to canter, to trot.
Cecil Aldin, from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" by May Clarissa Gillington Byron, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/gallop-canter-trot/

Nothing could scare the quacks, however.
Cecil Aldin, from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" by May Clarissa Gillington Byron, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/scare-quacks/

“Give me a leg up, Forager,” said Rags, “I want to see.”
Cecil Aldin, from "Cecil Aldin's Merry Party" by May Clarissa Gillington Byron, London: 1913 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook #dogs https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/leg-up/

Opening illustration for the story "Dropped from the Clouds."
Charles Henry Bennett, from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley, London, New York, Paris: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/dropped-from-clouds/

Opening illustration for the story "The Bag of Minutes."
Charles Henry Bennett, from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley, London, New York, Paris: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/bag-minutes/

The fairies flew away.
Charles Henry Bennett, from "The Chicken Market and Other Fairy Tales" by Henry Morley, London, New York, Paris: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/clear-head/

She went to the sempstress
To buy him some linen,
But when she came back
The dog was a-spinning.
From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877 #illustration #ChildrensBook #dogs https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/dog-a-spinning/

She took a clean dish
To get him some tripe,
But when she came back
He was smoking a pipe.
From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877 #illustration #ChildrensBook #dogs https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/smoking-pipe/

She went to the fruiterer’s
To buy him some fruit,
But when she came back
He was playing the flute.
From "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes," London, New York: 1877 #illustration #ChildrensBook #dogs https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/playing-flute/

Along the limpid highway fared.
Charles Robinson, from "The Cloud Kingdom," by Isaac Henry Wallis, London, New York: [1908?] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/along-limpid-highway/

The wild ducks spurned the water one by one.
Charles Robinson, from "The Cloud Kingdom," by Isaac Henry Wallis, London, New York: [1908?] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/wild-ducks-water/

Charles Robinson, Opening Illustration for "The Cloud Kingdom," by Isaac Henry Wallis, London, New York: [1908?] #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/cloud-kingdom-opening/

The foxgloves.
From Little Blue-eyes" London: 1875 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/foxgloves/