Anthony R. Montalba (c. 1813-1884) was a Swedish-born, naturalized British painter and the head of a family of renowned artists. He is best known as the editor of an 1849 story collection illustrated by Richard Doyle, Fairy Tales from All Nations.
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The time has been, but happily exists no longer, when it would have been necessary to offer an apology for such a book as this. In those days it was not held that Beauty is its own excuse for being; on the contrary, a spurious utilitarianism reigned supre... SEE MORE