Mary Ernest Ames

 

'Then comes a maid

Who rides, of course,

What you would imagine, 

To be a horse.

But no! It's a wolf

And I hope he's good.

For on his back,

Is Red Riding Hood

The Bedtime book by Mary Ernest Ames (1860–1914), published in 1901 by Grant Richards.

Frédéric Théodore Lix

 

Little Red Riding Hood, 1885, print after a drawing by Frédéric Théodore Lix From Les Contes de Perrault, published by Garnier Frères.

Unattributed 1859

 

'Red Riding Hood', an extremely rare Dean's Moveable Book, published by Dean & Son, London, 1859, with little tabs to pull to create the motion. 

Thomas Webster

 

An 1846 illustration of Little Red Riding Hood by Thomas Webster.

Unattributed 1880

 

There is not even a date given to this series of hand coloured etchings but I have gone with 1880's because of Little Red Riding Hood's distinctive hat and shoes. I really like to see the differences in style in these early illustrations and subtle nuances of the story's interpretation at different times.

Helene Dekker

 

This edition of Grimm's Fairytales was published by Follett in 1968 and illustrated by children from around the world. Little Red was illustrated by Helene Dekker (1955-   ) was aged thirteen in 1968 and lived in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). 

Janusz Grabianski

Three illustrations from Little Red from an anthology of Grimm's Fairy Tales, illustrated by Janusz Grabianski (1929-1976), published in 1962.

Including detail from the fabulous endpapers (below) Janusz has used a combination of loose expressive watercolour and charcoal. 

Jamie Tobin

 

A paper cut character that screamed Red Riding Hood to me, from the creative mind and hands that is Jamie Tobin. Tough Jamie says it is a fox catcher, I see it more as the grandmother of Little Red.

Unattributed 1719

A wood cut from the first English edition of Perrault’s Fairy Tales dated 1719  

The above hand coloured version was reprinted in “Little Red Riding-Hood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, illustrator not attributed, republished by The Nonesuch Press in 1925, though it looks like a direct copy of Antoine Clouzier's. 'Red Gravure', etching from Charles Perrault's Histoires ou contes du temps passé, avec des moralités: 1697 Contes de ma mère l'Oye.

Alfredo Vaccari 1909

Le Petit Chaperon Rouge [Les Beaux Contes - Nos Loisirs 1909] with beautiful pencil drawings by  Alfredo Vaccari (1877 - 1933).