Sleepy Hollow, by Mary Blair. Image provided by Peko_chan

He saw the walls of the church dimly glaring under the trees beyond. He recollected the place where Brom Bones's ghostly competitor had disappeared. "If I can but reach that bridge," thought Ichabod, "I am safe." Just then he heard the black steed panting and blowing close behind him; he even fancied that he felt his hot breath.

---From The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

Mary Blair was a very influential animation artist who provided concept art for a number of Disney works including Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, and, of course, Cinderella. She even influenced the design of the It's a Small World attraction at Disney!

Blair also worked as a children's illustrator, working on such titles as I Can Fly by Ruth Krauss (The Carrot Seed) and was posthumously honoured as a Disney Legend in 1991.

Check out some of her Cinderella work over at the Fees blog, or in the lovely Peko_chan's Mary Blair gallery.