2004 Arthur Rackham, "The Shipwrecked Man and the Sea" from Aesop's Fables (1912). Copyright 2004 The Estate of Arthur Rackham/The Bridgeman Art Library. $1.75 from Penny's Postcards, Pearland, TAX, through eBay, May, '04.

This formidable portrait may go against the fable text. The sea blaming the winds seems to have a temper of her own to work on!

2004 Arthur Rackham, "The Hare and the Tortoise" from Aesop's Fables (1912). Copyright 2004 The Estate of Arthur Rackham/The Bridgeman Art Library. $1.75 from Penny's Postcards, Pearland, TAX, through eBay, May, '04.

Here is one of my favorite Rackham scenes: the argument outside the tavern. The top of the crane's head gets a bit cropped here.