Slideshow to accompany "Little Red Riding Hood" Bechtel Fellowship study & report. Part 1: images of Little Red meeting the Wolf. Part 2: Images of Little Red meeting the Wolf as Grandmother.

1. Bechtel Fellowship, 2017 — Angela J. Reynolds
The Better to SeeYouWith: Part I
Exploring Little Red Riding Hood at the Baldwin Collection, University of Florida

2. A visual study Part I: Meeting theWolf
✤ These slides are a visual accompaniment to the Bechtel
Fellowship report and presentation, The Better to See
You With: Peering into the story of Little Red Riding Hood,
1695 - 1939, by Angela J. Reynolds. Part I is “Meeting
the Wolf”; Part II is “What Big Eyes You Have” (Little
Red and the Wolf as Grandmother). All photographs
were taken by Angela J. Reynolds at the George A.
Smathers Library, Baldwin Collection, University of
Florida, April - May 2017. See last slides for
bibliographic information.

3. 1775 (A1) Early Woodcuts 1800 (C3)
Timeline: 1697: Perrault publishes
1729: Perrault translated into English

4. Timeline: 1812: Grimm publishes Household Tales
1823: Grimm translated into English
1820’s - 1840’s - Chapbooks popular
C1 1835
A5 circa 1830

5. Emotion & “The Gaze” more evident
J7, 1838 (note woodcutter in background)
R3, 1836

6. Timeline: 1840: Coloured or “Toy” books appear. Often hand coloured.
1840’s: Books larger than chapbooks being published
A6, 1840, hand coloured A9, 1840, hand coloured
note: windmills in both illustrations

7. Timeline: 1860’s: With advent of photography, engraving changes & improves
E1, 1864
Note colour & clean lines.
Illustration advances text
with dark forest, emotion, and
body language.

8. Timeline: 1864: Gustave Doré illustrates Perrault’s “Little Red Riding Hood”
A10, 1870
Note size of wolf,
how his shadow engulfs her,
note “the gaze”,
and her expression.
She looks young except
for her face, which
seems mature.
Exceptional use of light
for this medium.

9. Doré’s influence is seen throughout the history of LRRH
A11, 1870
A4, circa 1880
D5, 1868
G6, 1892
J4, c. 1911

10. Timeline: 1870’s: Children’s books become fashionable and profitable as
growing middle class increases interest in and purchase of books; publishers
repurpose stories and plates in several editions
D6, 1870
L6, 1870 T6, 1873
All three published by Frederick Warne & Co, London

11. Timeline: 1870-76: Compulsory education in UK
1878-1886: Randolph Caldecott is being published
1875: Walter Crane’s “Toy Book” features Wolf dressed as Man
F11, 1875

12. Timeline: 1880-1900: Moveable & shaped books become popular
E5, 1877, panels open
to reveal another image M8, 1880, tissue paper images pop out
F8, 1890, image slides to reveal another
A8, 1890, shaped book example

13. Timeline: 1890’s: Industrial production possible;
1890’s: Children’s books noticed and written about
1890’s: Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau influence on illustration
1892: Public education in US, rise in literacy levels;
P5, 1895 font & design
influenced by art movements
G1, 1890 begin to see
Art Nouveau influence in
cover design

14. B10, 1897 font & design
influenced by art movements
G7, 1896
influenced
by Art
Nouveau
More Art Nouveau / Art & Crafts influences
P4, 1890’s
influenced
by Art
Nouveau

15. Timeline: 1900-1912: Quality gift books are fashionable
Early 1900’s: Mastery of four-colour process
1900’s: Text becomes as important as images in children's books
H4, 1916 -
colour
O4, 1909 -
Signed limited
edition, bound
in leather, art
pages tipped in

16. Timeline: 1914: Children’s Library opens in Brownsville, NY
1914 - 1918: World War 1; age of gift book is over
H2, 1916,
illustrated by
John Gruelle
K12, 1914,
illustrated by
John GruelleB7, 1914,
moveable book

17. Timeline: 1920’s: Women’s roles are changing
1924: Horn Book magazine founded
O1, 1920 - girl
more prominent
than wolf
K3, 1929 - Little Red
begins to resemble film
stars like Clara Bow

18. Timeline: 1930’s: Cheap picture books for children now being published
J2, 1934 - Disney
mash-up w/ 3 Pigs
G5, 1939 LRRH included
in Raggedy Ann
collection
J5, 1933 - pop-up

19. All books presented in this slideshow from the
Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature at the University of Florida
Books are listed in order of slides; Letter-number code is Reynolds’ research number, used here for ease of cross-reference .
Slides 1-11
A1 Winlove, Solomon Entertaining Stories (London: E. Newbery, 1775) UF 15h7020
C3 Histories or Tales of Past Times told by Mother Goose (Bristol: Philip Rose, 1800) UF 15p3363
A5 Entertaining History of Little Red Riding Hood (York: J. Kendrew Penny Books, circa 1830) UF 15p1830
C1 History of Little Red Riding Hood (Otley: William Walker, 1835) UF 15p3392
R3 The Fairy Book illustrated by J.A. Adams (New York: Harper & Brothers, circa 1836-1852) UF 23h7657
J7 The Child’s Fairy Library illustrations signed “Granville” (London: Joseph Thomas, Tegg & Son, 1838) UF 15h970
A6 History of Little Red Riding Hood (Albany: Sprague & Company, circa 1830) UF 23p1033
A9 Little Red Riding Hood (Otley: J.S. Publishing & Stationery, circa 1840) UF 23p1227
E1 Stoddard, R. Henry; illustrated by Alfred Fredericks Little Red Riding Hood (New York: J.G. Gregory, 1864) UF 39p11
A10 Fairy Tales Told Again, eighth edition, illustrated by Gustave Doré (London: Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co, 1870) UF 39h8619
D5 Child’s Own Book of Standard Fairy Tales illustrated by George Cruikshank (Philadelphia: Duffield Ashamed, 1868) UF 23h5861
A11 Child’s Wonder Picture Book of Favourite Stories engravings by Dalziel brothers (London: Ward, Lock, and Co., circa 1870) UF 39h937
A4 Paull, Mrs. H.B (translated by) Grimm’s Fairy Tales (London: Frederick Warne & Co., circa 1880) UF 23h9187
G6 Lovett, R.W. (indexed by) Robinson Crusoe, the Clever Cats, & c (London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1892) UF 39h284 digitized
J4 Coussens, Penrhyn W. (selected & arranged by), illustrated by Jessie Wilcox Smith A Child’s Book of Stories (New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co., copyright
1911, this edition 1934) UF 39h3383
D6 Baker, Sarah S. Aunt Friendly’s Nursery Favourite (London: Frederick Warne & Co. , 1870)
L6 Red Riding Hood (London: Frederick Warne & Co., circa 1870) UF 23p1888
T6 Warne’s National Nursery Library: Little Red Riding Hood issue (London: Frederick Warne & Co., 1873) UF 23h18933 Digitized
,
F11 Crane, Walter Walter Crane’s Toy Books: Little Red Riding Hood (London: G. Routledge, 1875) UF 39p662 digitized

20. E5 Little Red Riding Hood and Cinderella (London: Dean and Son, 1877) UF 23h49432
F8 Pastime Pictures: A Book of Transformation Scenes (London: Ernest Nister, 1890) UF 23h15154 digitized
M8 Little Red Riding Hood (Philadelphia: B. Wilmsen, circa 1880) UF 39p1702 digitized
A8 Little Red Riding Hood (London: Raphael Tuck and Sons, circa 1890) UF 23p1035
G1 Treasury of Fairytales for Little Folks illustrated by Thwaites, N. Orr (New York: Worthington & Co., 1890) UF 23h18076
P5 Little Red Riding Hood (“Printed in Bavaria” No Publisher info available, circa 1895) UF 39p1711 digitized
B10 Bennett, Weedon, Watson, Nesbit, & Others Little Red Riding Hood and other Fairy Tales (New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, circa 1897) UF 39h1375
G7 Mother Goose Rhymes, Jingles, and Fairytales (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, 1896) UF 23h13548
P4 Little Red Riding Hood illustrated by Clara Powers Wilson (Chicago: M.A. Donohue, circa 1890-1900) UF 39p1735
O4 Lucas, Mrs. Edgar (translated by) illustrated by Arthur Rackham Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (London: Constable & Co., 1909) Signed, copy
56 of 750. UF 39p1840
H4 Elias, Edith L., illustrated by William Andrew Pogany Red Riding Hood (London: George G. Harrap & Co, circa 1916) UF 23p2161
B7 Little Red Riding Hood (New York: Pictorial Color Book Co., Inc, circa 1914) UF 23h11865
K12 Hunt, Margaret (translated by), illustrated by John B. Gruelle Grimm’s Fairy Tales (New York: Cupples 7 Leon Co., 1914) UF 39h4512
H2 Gruelle, John B. All About Little Red Riding Hood (New York: Cupples & Leon Co., 1916) UF 15h5872
O1 Little Red Riding Hood (Chicago: M.A. Donahue, circa 1920)
K3 Rogers, Julia Anne, illustrated by Francis Brundage Little Red Riding Hood (New York: Stecher Litho Co., 1929) UF 39p1797
J5 Little Red Riding Hood illustrated by Harold B. Lentz (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1933) UF 23h10983
J2 Disney, Walt (staff) Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf (Philadelphia: David McKay, 1934) UF 23p1892
G5 Gruelle, Johnny Raggedy Ann in the Magic Book (New York: Johnny Gruelle Co. , 1939)
All books presented in this slideshow from the
Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature at the University of Florida
Books are listed in order of slides; Letter-number code is Reynolds’ research number, used here for ease of cross-reference.
Slides 12-18

21. This slideshow is research work by Angela J. Reynolds,
for educational purposes only.
“UF” number is call number. Some editions digitized; noted where applicable.