"Sleeping Beauty" Illustrations

Brewtnall's Sleeping Beauty By Edward Brewtnall
"Sleeping Beauty"
(Date Unknown)
Edward Frederick Brewtnall
(English)

Paul Woodroffe's Sleeping Beauty Image By Paul Woodroffe
 Steedman, Amy. Nursery Tales. Paul Woodroffe, illustrator. London: TC & EC Jack, n.d.

 Rheam's Sleeping Beauty By Henry Maynell Rheam
"Sleeping Beauty"
(Date Unknown)
Henry Maynell Rheam

 Briar Rose Rackham Image 1 By Arthur Rackham
 Rackham, Arthur, illustrator and compiler. The Arthur Rackham Fairy Book: A Book of Old Favourites  With New Illustrations. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1933.

 http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/sleepingbeauty/index.html

 Heiner , Heidi Anne. “Illustrations of Sleeping Beauty .” SurLaLune Fairy Tales: Illustrations of Sleeping  Beauty, SurLaLune, 29 Sept. 2007, www.surlalunefairytales.com/illustrations/sleepingbeauty/index.html. Accessed 8 Apr. 2017.

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