From Stories for the Household by Hans Christian Andersen, 1889

From Les Merveilles du Mont. St. Michel by Paul Henri Coretin Féval, 1880.

From Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson, 1898.  A larger version of the image is here or here.

An illustration from Across the Border by Edward Emmerson Oliver (1890).  The caption reads: "The Flying Throne of Star-taught Sulaimân."

"The Sisters": an illustration from Arthur's Home Magazine (1865).

An illustration from Our Young Folks (1873).  The caption reads: "Jacky and the Sleep Angel."

"Behind the chair of the sleeping man I saw a child."  From In a Sea Bird's Nest by Frances Clare, 1896.

From In a Sea Bird's Nest by Frances Clare, 1896.

From Danmarks, Norges og Sverigs Historie by Niels Bache, 1867.

An illustration from In Borderland by Matthew Robert Smith Craig and illustrated by John Wallace (1899).

A precursor to the Death Star's approach to Alderaan? From The Deer Smellers of Haunted Mountain by John J. Meyer (1921).  The caption reads: "Approaching the perfect world."

An illustration from an 1877 issue of The Quiver magazine.

An illustration from an 1891 issue of Punch magazine.

Here's a precursor to Merrell's line of "angelic shoes," from Kulturgeschichte by Friedrich Anton Heller von Hellwald, 1896.

We dug up a quotation to help explain the illustration (from Punch, 1842):

"Many scholars do not use the term 'doll' for the ritual figures used by adult women, due to a belief that this association with children's toys trivializes the ritual figures." —Philip M. Peek, African Folklore: An Encyclopedia