Walter Crane (15 August 1845 – 14 March 1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most influential, and among the most prolific, children's book creators of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, one of the strongest contributors to the child's nursery motif that the genre of English children's illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the later 19th century.
Crane's work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterise many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles, wallpapers and other decorative arts. Crane is also remembered for his creation of a number of iconic images associated with the international socialist movement.
For more in-depth biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works see parts 1 - 3 also.
This is part 4 of a 19-part series on the works of Walter Crane.
1874 The Frog Prince
published by George Routledge and Sons:
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| The Frog asks to be allowed to enter the Castle |
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| The Frog shares the Princess' Meal |
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The Frog shares the Princess' Meal
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The Frog shares the Princess' Meal
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| The Princess meets the Frog by the Fountain |
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| The Frog turns into a Prince |
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| The Wedding Procession |
1874 Beauty and The Beast
published by George Routledge and Sons:
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Frontispiece
This fierce-looking creature asked him how he dared to touch his flowers |
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| Giving Beauty the rose, he told her all. |
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| “Beauty, will you marry me?” |
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| Beauty was now, in fact, quite the Queen of the palace. |
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| The poor Beast was, lying senseless on his back. |
1875 Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp published by George Routledge and Sons:
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| Aladdin secures the lamp. |
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| The princess going to the bath. |
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| Aladdin's procession. |
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| "New lamps for old ones." |
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| The Magician accosts Aladdin. |
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| Death of the Magician. |
c1884 Aladdin's Picture Book
published by George Routledge & Sons:
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| Appearance of the Fairy of the Desert. |
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| Prince Guerrier pursues the Hind in the Wood. |
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| Prince Guerrier wounds the Hind. |
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| The Fairy of the Desert carries off the King of the Gold Mines. |
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| The King lets the Sword fall. |
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| The Yellow Dwarf rescues the Princess from the Lions. |
1875 Princess Belle-Etoile published by George Routledge & Sons:
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| The Corsair rescues the Children. |
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| Feintese tempts Belle-Etoile. |
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| Prince Cheri in the Luminous Forest. |
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| Prince Cheri and the Dragon. |
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| Prince Cheri and the Little Green Bird. |
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| Belle-Etoile breaks the Spell. |
1875 The Hind in the Wood
published by George Routlege & Sons:
