The water-babies
The Water-Babies is a 1916 New York fairy tale by Charles Kingsley, illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith and published by Dodd, Mead for young readers. The pictures are loose pen-and-ink drawings with olive and sage washes, showing a naked child, seaweed-like plants, a grotesque fish and a wave, a flat decorative style a designer could borrow for storybook layouts that mix fine line with pale tints.
