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Arthur Rackham

Artist, born in London, UK. A water-colourist and book illustrator, he was well known for his typically Romantic and grotesque pictures in books of fairy tales, such as Peter Pan (1906), and his own work, The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book (1933).

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"Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman."
Illustration to a 1918 English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel

"How at the Castle of Corbin a Maiden Bare in the Sangreal and Foretold the Achievements of Galahad", from The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, by Alfred W Pollard, 1917

"To make my small elves coats." Illustration to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

"The giant Galligantua and the wicked old magician transform the duke's daughter into a white hind", Illustration to English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel

"The giant Cormoran was the terror of all the country-side.", Illustration to English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel

"The Three Bears", Illustration to English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel

"Siegfried awakens Brünnhilde" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

"The giants seize Freya", Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

"Norns weaving destiny" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

"Brünnhilde is visited by her Valkyrie sister Waltraute" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

"Alberic speaking to Hagen" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

"Rhein maidens warn Siegfried" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

Sigurd kills Fafnir Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

"The Rhinemaidens try to reclaim their gold" Illustration to Richard Wagner's "The Ring"

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