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Grecian Jack and the Pre-Raphaelite Giant, from The Old Fairy Tales Retold (1870) Or this illustration, from John Corner’s Favourite Fairy Tales, of Jack wailing with Stakhanovite fervor on a particularly hideous giant’s head. Jack wails on the giant, from Favourite Fairy Tales (1861) The taste for blood remained well into the second half of the century, though, as in this illustration of Jack with his nine-pound pickaxe from the McLoughlin Brother’s gore-packed Jack the giant killer from around 1870. Jack kills the giant, from Jack the giant killer (1870?) In the illustration above, from Jack the giant killer, published by George Routledge and Sons, Jack looks a right little prig while the giant could well take his place in a Biblical setting by Michelangelo or Rembrandt. In later versions of the story, the giant grows less gruesome and more human. Jack and the giant, from Jack the giant killer (between 18) from Percival Leigh’s Jack the giant killer, the giant hails from Scotland.
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Sometimes, the giants had two and even three heads. The two-headed giant, from Jack the giant killer (1843?)
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Fortey, we see Jack subduing two giants at once. Above, from The history of Jack the Giant-Killer by W. In many of the 19th century accounts, there are more than one giant. Jack and the Two Giants, from The history of Jack the giant killer (1860) Fortunately, cunning Jack has put a log in his place and watches the attack from behind a column. As we see above, the giant, having invited Jack to spend the night in his castle, sneaks into the bedroom in the middle of the night to hack Jack into tiny bits. In The history of Jack the giant killer, published by Walker and Sons of Otley, we learn that the giant (of Welsh origin this time) was a less than adequate host. We know, of course, that the giant was a bad guy, but today’s accounts shy away from the details of his crimes. Jack fools the giant, from The History of Jack the Giant Killer (date unknown) Here in this illustration from the History of Jack the giant killer containing his birth and parentage, the giant appears to date from Roman times - perhaps an indication that author Joseph Crawhall determined something of the giant’s genealogy in addition to Jack’s. Jack and the Giant, from History of Jack the giant killer containing his birth and parentage (1850?) To which is added, The noble basket maker (there being a disappointing lack of gore in “The noble basket maker”). This somewhat medieval illustration comes from a book with a title almost as long as its text: The history of Jack the giant killer: relating how he overcame several huge giants, particularly one with two heads: his marriage with the Duke’s daughter: and other exploits. The illustration above, which could easily date from the 17th century, comes from Jack the giant killer: a hero celebrated by ancient historians, by John Rush Golby, John Lee, and William Marshall Craig, published in 1820 (all links are to the titles in the Internet Archive.) Jack and the giant, from The history of Jack the giant killer (1830-1835?) Here is a sample of some of the violence to be found in the pages of 19th century English and American versions of the story. Take the story of Jack the giant killer, which now we almost exclusively see in its vegan variant, Jack and the Beanstalk. Jack kills the giant, from Jack the giant killer: a hero celebrated by ancient historians (1820)īack in the days when the average lifespan was about 40 years, children’s books could be pretty brutal.