Hans Christiansen, illustration for Jugend magazine, 1898
Alessandro Gottardo aka Shout
Ludmila Jiřincová, illustration from Swan Lake, 1970
thanks to josefskrhola
Maria Vasil'evna Jakuncikova cover, 1899
A.Pushkarev, Swan, 1987, from Hanna Rivka's etsy shop
Kelly Louise Judd, Ten Swans
The girl-swan, 1979, from Hanna Rivka's etsy shop
Keizaburo Tejima, illustration from Swan Sky, 1983,
thanks to A Journey Round My Skull
Sybil Andrews, Swans linocut, c.1930
S. Aristakesova, cover of Crooked Duck, edited by Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy, 1958
(many thanks to Quete for the info).
(many thanks to Quete for the info).
Beautiful birds and beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe last is russian national fairytale "Crooked duck" (Кривая уточка) edited by Leo Tolstoy. Illustrations by S. Aristakesova (С. Аристакесова). 12 pages, published by DETGIZ in Moscow, 1958.
ReplyDeleteOh, it was edited not by Leo, but by Aleksey Nikolaevich Tolstoy (Алексей Николаевич Толстой), sorry.
ReplyDeleteSwans speak to the imagination, beautiful.
ReplyDeleteSaw four swans flying over the garden this afternoon,I kept looking till they were out of sight.
I saw six fly over in the snow yesterday, beautiful
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful pieces of art and animals!
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