where could i access original 19th century images of fairy tales?

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I need to see how women were depicted in these texts. Is there any archive that I can access?

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The original copies of fairy books by Andrew Lang. They were mostly published in the 1890's on, and have remained in print. The illustrations are beautiful.

Here's a link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Lang's_Fairy_Books

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Some other great 19th century illustrators were Walter Crane:

http://chawedrosin.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/walter-cranes-illustrations-for-grimms-fairy-tales/

George Cruikshank

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=george+cruikshank+illustrations&FORM=HDRSC2#view=detail&id=781E4D39AEDCBCAF7EE4384E59296AE46733D6B8&selectedIndex=22

Richard Doyle

http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/doyle/index.html

Randolph Caldecott

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=randolph+caldecott&FORM=HDRSC2

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