Skip to main content

Fairy tales

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

The Book of Myths Addition 1 (ViU-2026-0025), 1913

 File — Box 2: [Barcode: X032762942], Folder: 3
Scope and Contents “The Book of Myths” is a leather-bound 1913 illustrated manuscript by Jefferson Wallace for his daughter, Anne Clopton Wallace. Jefferson Wallace’s bookplate, place marked Richmond, Virginia, appears at the volume’s front endpage. The hand-illustrated and colored frontispiece of the book features the subtitle “Some of the Sweet Myths of Nature” and features the credit line “Arranged for Mistress Anne Clopton Wallace by Her Daddy.” Underneath these captions is “Philadelphia, MCMXIII,” where...
Dates: 1913

Jefferson Wallace collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-16338
Content Description

This collection contains typescript and manuscript books, all richly illustrated with watercolor paintings and illuminations by commercial artist and Richmond resident, Jefferson Wallace. These include The Fairy Book, The Story Teller, Anthology of English poetry, The Virginia Text Book: Containing a history of Masonic Grand Lodges and The Book of Myths. The content mainly focuses on mythological stories, fairy tales, original stories and selections from English

Dates: 1890-1950