Virginia Frances Sterrett
Virginia Frances Sterrett Art: Viriginia Frances Sterrett illustrated three books: The Arabian Nights, Tanglewood Tales, and Old French Fairy Tales. Her work is enjoying a renaissance of interest, and is becoming increasingly difficult to find. Illustrations from all three books are presented here. Virginia died in 1931, at the age of 30, of tuberculosis. She left incomplete a set of illustrations to Myths and Legends.
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Last Book: Arabian NightsIn 1923, Virginia began work on what was to be her last completed commission and the work that is considered her masterpiece, a set of illustrations to Arabian Nights. The set consists of 16 color illustrations, 20 black and white in drawings, a colored picture for the front cover and a drawing for the inside boards. Due to ill health, the illustrations took her three years to complete. It was published in 1928. download a printable version of the ali baba and the forty thieves in pdf format |
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Scheherazade |
The Sultana had a Conversation with a Man |
The son regained his form |
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The History of the Second Calendar |
They Danced Before Me |
The Great Serpent |
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Aladdin and the Genie of the Ring |
Aladdin and the Magic Lamp |
Aladdin Made his Way to the Sultan's Palace |
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Aladdin Greeted the Princess with Joy |
The Story of Baba Abdallah |
Ali Baba and the forty thieves |
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Ali Baba: Morgiana Danced with Much Grace |
The Tale of Sinbad the Sailor |
The Third Voyage of Sinbad |
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The Fifth Voyage of Sinbad |
The Arabian Nights |