Design for cover of Cinderella

Arthur Rackham is widely considered to be one of the most significant figures of late 19th- and early 20th-century British book illustration. The artist’s illustrations for Cinderella depart from his signature style. Rackham was known for his grotesque, occasionally menacing interpretations of well-known European and Nordic folk and fairy tales, producing willowy figures in moody, other-worldly compositions. He executed the majority of his drawings in a distinctive combination of pen and India ink with watercolor washes, but for Charles Seddon Evans’s retelling of the story of Cinderella, Rackham instead created unusual and robust black silhouettes—testimony to his versatility as an illustrator.