This English story dates to 1734, and was of course later known as Jack and the Beanstalk. But get this-- the story actually seems to have proto-IndoEuropean origins, dating as far back as 4,500 BC(!)
WP has a solid article on this stuff here.
As for the artist:
Scott... is primarily known for his work illustrating children’s classics such as Peter Pan, The Night Before Christmas, and the more recent titles, Classic Fairy Tales, Favorite Nursery Rhymes from Mother Goose, Classic Bedtime Stories, and his novel for young readers, Eddie: The Lost Youth of Edgar Allan Poe, which he wrote and illustrated.
More of his work on "Jack" is here and some of his fairy-tale works are there, which also link to his overall art portfolio.
Style-wise and theme-wise I find some similarities to the work of Kit Williams, who I briefly covered in a post here from six months ago: https://lemm.ee/post/16931863
