Jack the Giant-Killer

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Two griffins guarding a flight of stone steps look alarmed as an invisible figure walks past them

Jack with his invisible coat.

(P. 117.)

Artist

Name:: Batten, John Dickson
Dates:: 1860-1932
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: University of Toronto Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: English folk and fairy tales
Author:: Jacobs, Joseph
Publisher:: New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, n.d.
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Two griffins keep watch over a flight of stone steps leading to the gate of a castle and look puzzled and alarmed as an “invisible” figure walks up past them.

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