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Violette consented willingly to pass the night in the forest
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Illustration by Virginia Frances Sterrett for Old French Fairytales (1920), a collection of works from the 19th-century French author, Comtesse de Ségur. The exquisite set of illustrations were Chicago-born Sterrett's first ever commission, taken on at the tender age of 19. Shortly after completing them she was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Sterrett would manage a few other commissions, including illustrations for a 1928 edition of Arabian Nights, but her failing health meant she could only work in short bursts. She eventually passed away in 1931, at the age of 30. (Image source: California Digital Library via Internet Archive)
- Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty Virginia Frances Sterrett
- Sirin Anonymous
- When She Got to the Middle of the Stream Jay Van Everen
- Ah, ha! you are at last in my domain, little fool! Virginia Frances Sterrett
- Ilona Came Floating Up Through the Waves Jay Van Everen
- "The Monkeys caught Dorothy in her arms and flew away with her" W. W. Denslow
- Baba Yaga Ivan Bilibin
- They were three months passing through the forest Virginia Frances Sterrett