#paul bransom

[nemfrog]

Night in the woods. The feet of the furtive. 1913. Paul Bransom.

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[antiqueanimals]

Portrait Study. Paul Bransom (1885-1979). From the Annual Society of Illustrators. 1911.

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[sassafrasmoonshine]

Paul Bransom (American, 1885 - 1979) • Leaping Cottontale • 1924 • Gouache and Charcoal on paper

[thebeautifulbook]

THE SANDMAN’S FOREST by Louis Dodge. (New York: Scribner’s, 1918) Illustrated by Paul Bransom

A Story for Large Persons to Read to Small Persons.

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[thatsgoodweb]

Paul Bransom, Portrait Study, 1911

[lilacsandfireflies]

Paul Bransom ill

[the-unicorns-of-nienna]

“The Wind in the Willows” never makes it clear if the animal characters are human-sized, or regular-animal-sized.

Most animated adaptations opt for the former interpretation. But Paul Bransom, who illustrated a 1913 edition of the book, subscribed to the later; resulting in such hilarious images as:

an itty-bitty Rat leading a comparatively kaiju-sized horse down the road,

and a completely ordinary Toad being thrown into a jail cell.

This raises an important question.

Was Mr. Toad arrested for stealing a toy car?

Or did a tiny little toad somehow manage to steal a vehicle designed for humans?

The entire book, with Paul Bransom’s illustrations, can be read right here:

[vifetoile]

Art by Paul Bransom, 1917

[lestatslestits]

If you haven’t already, I highly recommend you look at the illustrations by Grahame Baker-Smith and especially Chris Dunn. Both give Ratty a nice brown color and draw him with the rounder face/body of a water vole.

Grahame Baker-Smith:

Chris Dunn:

I also recommend you avoid Robert Ingpen, whose illustrations are beautiful but who drew the most “ratlike” Ratty I’ve ever seen

confession time I have a dumb pet peeve when artists make ratty grey/give him features that are too land rat-ish. he is a water rat/vole, they have a very distinct look, this doesnt matter in the slightest I'm just insane

[mamotretos]

soul-luminnous-eyes Full moon Cats on rooftop by Paul Bransom, 1885-1979

[clawmarks]

An argosy of fables - Frederic Taber Cooper, Paul Bransom, ill. - c.1921 - via Internet Archive

[nemfrog]

Standoff. The feet of the furtive. 1915. Paul Bransom.

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[antiqueanimals]

The American Legion Magazine, volume 42, no. 1 (January 1947). Illustration by Tom Lovell.

Illustration by Paul Bransom for "Meet Mr. Grizzly" by Russell Annabel.

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Paul Bransom

Paul Bransom

[thebeautifulbook]

THE SECRET TRAILS by Charles George Douglas Roberts (New York: Macmillan, 1916). Illustrated by Paul Bransom, Cyrus Cuneo, and Warwick Reynolds.

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[visualpoett]

Leaping Cottontale (1924)

Artist: Paul Bransom