Arthur Rackham illustrations part two, a Witchy Wednesday article.

 

Let us go to the shore, and I'll tell you my history.
From Alice in Wonderland.


Welcome to the second part of my blog feature about illustrator Arthur Rackham. This week I am mostly concentrating on posting a collection of some of my favourite drawings. Each one beautifully captures characters and atmosphere from some of histories most captivating stories and folk tales. 
For a history of Arthur Rackham please visit my previous posting. 

https://witchkraftingwithkat.blogspot.com/2025/06/welcome-back-witchy-wednesdays-arthur.html

I shall be posting the Third and final gallery next week. 

Design for cover of Cinderella (1919)



Mother Goose. A carrion crow sat on an oak (1906-1921)




Ophelia; from Rackham’s Illustrations to Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare [Hamlet] (1906-1921)


The Witch’s Pool (1904)



Milton’s ‘Comus’. Sabrina rises (1906-1921)


A Terrible Fellow, Little Brother and Little Sister interior illustration (1917)


A chrysanthemum heard her, and said pointedly, ‘Hoity-toity, what is this’ (1913)



A grand pas de deux performed in the very first style by these two. (1911)


Freia, the fair one (1910)



As he moves slowly away, Wotan turns and looks sorrowfully back at Brunnhilde (1910)



‘Hey! Come hither, And stop me this cranny! (1910)



There was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Village (1909)







All lustrations are domain free and sourced from various library websites including British Library, V&A and Artvee. 


Thank you for visiting my blog site please pop by next week for my final gallery of Arthur Rackham illustrations. 


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