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Walter Crane
(1845 - 1915)
Walter Crane was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation.
Along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, his is considered 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 latter 19th century.
His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize 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 and other decorative arts.
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The Baby's Bouquet (1878)
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Cinderella (1873)
A neglected stepdaughter, a fairy godmother and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Cinderella Picture Book (1897)
An omnibus containing Cinderella, Puss in Boots and Valentine and Orson. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren (1865)
A well-known nursery rhyme.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 7 (1962)
A collection of myths, epics and tall tales.
Columbia’s Courtship (1892)
"A picture history of the United States in twelve emblematic designs in color with accompanying verses." This is a World's Columbian Exposition souvenir book.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Comical Cat (1865)
A humorous poem similar to Old Mother Hubbard.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Cuckoo Clock (1877)
An orphan girl finds a friend in the cuckoo clock who takes her on magical journeys. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Ennis Graham
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Dale Readers: First Primer (1899)
The first of a series of elementary school readers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Nellie Dale
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Death and Burial of Cock Robin (1864)
A traditional tale of cock robin, the sparrow and a bow and arrow. Shown above is the rear cover of the very rare Painted Toy Book.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Don Quixote of La Mancha (1900)
The romance-befuddled Hidalgo mounts his Rozinante and sets out to battle villains and right wrongs. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Abbott Parry
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Echoes of Hellas (1887)
A dramatization with songs of certain scenes from the Iliad, Oddysey and the Oresteia. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
George C. W. Warr
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Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare’s Tempest (1893)
Eight illustrations to The Tempest. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Eight Illustrations to Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen of Verona (1894)
A suite of plates to accompany the play. Read for free online at the University of Wisconsin.
Author(s):
William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Fable Nook and Story Book (1901)
A collection of stories and poems.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
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The Faerie Queene (1894)
An epic poem:
A gentle knight was pricking on the plaine,
Ycladd in mightie armes and silver shielde …
Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edmund Spenser
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Fairy Ship (1870)
A nonsense verse with illustrations. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Fairy Ship (1895)
A nonsense verse with illustrations. This is a later reissue. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Fairy Tales of Madame D’Aulnoy (1895)
This new edition has a cover illustration by Walter Crane. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
Author(s):
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Clinton Peters
The Farmyard Alphabet (1865)
An alphabet based on familiar farmyard scenes. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Favorite Holiday Book for Boys (1872)
An anthology. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
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