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Louis Icart (French, 1888 - 1950) • La dame aux Camelias • 1927 • Etching in colors on paper

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Elsa Beskow (Swedish, 1874 - 1963) • St. Lucia Day

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Emile Bonnet (French,1869 - 1943) • Event poster for Bal des Etudiants • 1896

Bal des Etudiants" translates to "Students' Ball" in French, referring to a formal dance event typically organized for university students, often with a festive and lively atmosphere; it's a phrase most commonly associated with a famous artwork by artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec depicting a scene from a student ball in Paris.

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Norwegian Christmas card • Unknown Artist • c. 1906

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Artuš Scheiner (Czech, 1863 - 1938) • Illustration for E.T.A. Hoffmann's novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King • 1924 • Gouache

" Godfather Drosselmeier has told me of a lovely garden where there is a great lake, upon which beautiful swans swim about, with golden collars around their necks, and sing their sweetest songs. Then there comes a little girl out of the garden down along the lake, and coaxes the swans to the shore, and feeds them with sweet cake. "

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Nora Woodson Ulreich, know as Nura (American, 1899 – 1950) • Judy and Jessica • 1944 • Color lithograph

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Alexandra Dvornikova on tumblr

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The Demon with the Matted Hair, from Indian Fairy Tales by John D. Batten (1892)

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Anna Matveeva • Russian illustrator

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Nada Esmaeel, Palestinian artist/illustrator

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Emily Sutton - Florentine Birds I, 2024 - Acrylic on wood

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Sidney Herbert Sime (1865–1941) • Illustrative Design of Fountain and Figures • c. 1914–1930

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Arethus cigar label • American School • 19th century • Private Collection

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Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (Russian, 1876 – 1942) • Vasilisa the Beautiful or Vasilisa the Fair from The Russian Wonder Tales • A. & C. BLACK, LTD., London • 1912

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Illustration advertisement for home tiles • Associated Tile Manufacturers, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.) • 1921

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Anne Anderson (British/Scottish, 1874-1930, illustrator) • The Gillyflower Garden Book • 1915 • Thomas Nelson & Sons. London, publishers

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Fritzi Brod (American, 1937 - 2005) • Woman Asleep • 1940 • Lithograph on white wove paper • Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.