Anthony R. Montalba

Anthony Rubens Montalba (1813–24 July 1884) was a Swedish-born, naturalised British painter and the head of a family of renowned artists that based itself in Venice in the later part of the nineteenth-century. Montalba edited and published The Famous Fairy Tales of all Nations, illustrated by Richard Doyle, in 1849.

Montalba edited and published The Famous Fairy Tales of all Nations, illustrated by Richard Doyle, in 1849. In the introduction to his book, Montalba declared that the folly of declaring fairy tales to be immoral had now been "cast off".

The London Athenaeum described Montalba's book in the following terms:

Montalba married an English woman Emeline Davies in 1839. The couple had five children, four daughters and a son:

The 1871 British census shows Montalba living at 19 Arundel Gardens, Notting Hill, London, with four daughters, all artists.

Montalba died in Venice on 24 July 1884.

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