Velveteen Rabbit, The 1922 - William Nicholson (1872-1949) - 8 images

The Velveteen Rabbit (or How Toys Become Real) is a British children's book written by Margery Williams (also known as Margery Williams Bianco) and illustrated by William Nicholson. It chronicles the story of a stuffed rabbit's desire to become real through the love of its owner. The story was first published in Harper's Bazaar in 1921 featuring illustrations from Margery's daughter Pamela Bianco. It was published as a book in 1922 and has been republished many times since.

The book features in the Friends episode "The One with the Dirty Girl" when Chandler buys Joey's then-girlfriend Kathy a rare first edition as he knew it had been a favourite from her childhood. 

This download features 8 hi-res images, in jpeg format, that are 600dpi and range in size from 3848 pixels wide/tall to 7413 pixels wide/tall.

Illustrations include Anxious times, At last at last, Christmas morning, Fairy Flower, Springtime, Summer Days, The Skin Horse tells a Story and also one of the pretty bunny endpapers from the book.

The pictures are out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use them in whatever way you’d like, including commercial use.

Read more about William Nicholson.