With the artist's monogram

Watercolour over ink, 28 by 16 cm

Fred Gettings in his 1975 monograph Arthur Rackham. a study of his Art and Illustrations has written:

"…it was during these years that he illustrated a new Brothers Grimm title, Little Brother and Little Sister which is in effect one of his crowning achievements. In these twelve colour plates we find the most astonishing versatility of style, and an exquisite pitch of execution…This is one of the few books illustrated by Rackham from which it would be possible to select any single-colour picture in order to demonstrate Rackham's art at its finest." (Gettings. op cit, pp. 116-117).