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Thank you for the end-of-article links.

Those links assisted my associating Dick Whittington images with their artists.

The cursor drew up no artist attributions.

But your links encourage me to group the images as follows:

1. leftward of title with Kate Greenaway, 1870
2. before 1. Real Richard Whittington with R. Anning Bell, 1894
3. before 2. Real London with George Cruikshank, Allen Robert Branston and Fry, 1820

4. ???? after 2. Real London, before 3. Real Fitzwarren

5. before 5. Real ship with George Cruikshank, Allen Robert Branston and Fry, 1820
6. before 6. Real international trading with R. Anning Bell, 1894
7. after 7. Real royalties with Kate Greenaway, 1870
8. after 8. Real financial success with R. Anning Bell, 1894
9. after 9. Real marriage with Kate Greenaway, 1870.

Is this correct?

That sums it up. "It is intended to be long-lasting, versatile, affordable, and widely accessible. Its ubiquity is such that it is often referred to as the "LBD". Interesting hey?

Yes. That would be about it. Most times, the people come back home, though.

The first paragraph to the second subheading, Turbulent Life From start to finish, considers that "A nightclub owner Louis Leplée, discovered Piaf singing in the streets in 1935. He had a club called Le Gerny off the Champs-Élysées. She took some persuading but eventually sang for Leplée. It was at this night club that wearing a black dress became her trademark. Later, she would always appear in black."

Perhaps Piaf (Dec. 19, 1915-Oct. 10, 1963) thereby helped launch the "little black dress" honed in the 1920s onward by Coco Chanel (Aug. 19, 1883-Jan. 10, 1971) and thereby solidify the fashion career of the latter.

Wouldn't that be prescient with people wondering -- like fans and stars in the mid- to late-20th century and the 21st century -- about the Piaf wardrobe?

Thank you!

Your explanation as to how you feature your beauty and beast-counterpart titles helps me in that it informs me of another way, other ways by which information is ordered.

My alphabetical or reverse-alphabetical way matters as a memory aid even as yours may be quite a boon for reconstructing the logic, the procession of your work, right?

Thank you!

That's so interesting about First Nations People nomadizing the Land Down Under.

So that means that the children might begin, continue and complete one schooling year in (how many?) different places, correct?

Yes, I did know that the fairy tale Dick Whittington and His Cat draws upon actual events and people.

The successive rules from Edward I through Henry VI, from the 13th through the 15th centuries interest me.

During that time period is the occurrence of two Westminster Abbey raids (November 1302 and April 30-May 3, 1303).

Paul Doherty looked at that raid in his 2005-released book The great crown jewels robbery of 1303.

Researching the person hanged for never-recovered royal jewels, Richard Puddlicott, and the possibility albeit improbable over the next 100-plus years of that treasure being retrieved took me to Richard Whittington as among people who more safely worked around, at, near Westminster Abbey with their kings.

Would you know about that crown-jewels theft from the very abbey in existence because of Richard Whittington's financial astuteness?

Thank you for your previous comment that "No, if you dig a bit in the history of harp. It's originally made of bow, so it connects different aspects. It can also connect giants and ordinary folk. Music is above that" in answer to my previous question.

Thank you likewise for the public-domain illustrations link.

In particular, the first, Robert Anning Bell link is informatively interesting, interestingly informative.

The Bell images leave us with a giant nastily scary in one illustration, worryingly determined in others. But might they perhaps muster up a less scarily nasty giant listening to his harp -- "music hath charms to soothe the savage" -- and trying to retrieve that evidently beloved possession?

The link giving The scarlet flower had the messaage "The connection to blackandwhiteandmore.blog.fc2.com is not secure You are seeing this warning because this site does not support HTTPS."

Is there another way to look at this article?

This is the giant.

Can't say for the origin of this specific fairy tale but Lang compiled his fairy tales after brothers Grimm already published several versions of their collection.

This order came as I compiled different resources. i started with authorship, versions, variations, themes, symbolism and made the final orde according to available material. I hope this helps.

No, if you dig a bit in the history of harp. It's originally made of bow, so it connects different aspects. It can also connect giants and ordinary folk. Music is above that.

There are versions where Jack marries and have children. The 'original' stops before that.

East of the Sun ... is on my list for several years now and I published a post about Scarlet Flower on one of my blogs many years ago. Singing Lark will probably find a way to be presented somewhere sooner or later. I am not familiar with most of others.